Parthiv Patel

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Parthiv Patel India (Ind)

Batting style	Left-hand bat
Bowling type	-
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	19	14
Runs scored	669	132
Batting average	31.85	14.66
100s/50s	-/4	-/-
Top score	69	28
Balls bowled	-	-
Wickets	-	-
Bowling average	-	-
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	N/A
Best bowling	-	-
Catches/stumpings	39/7	12/3
As of 4 February 2006 Source: Cricinfo.com

Parthiv Ajay Patel pronunciation (help·info) (born March 9, 1985 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat) is an Indian cricketer (wicketkeeper-batsman) and former member of the Indian national cricket team. He is a left-handed batsman and is of a very short stature at 160cm.

1 Early years
2 Test career
3 ODI career
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Early years

Patel started playing cricket for his school in 1996, moulding his style of Ian Healy and Adam Gilchrist, he was selected for Gujarat U-14s in 1998 .^[1] Patel first caught the eyes of cricket journalists^[2] in December 2000 when playing for Gujarat U-16s in the West Zone league against Maharashtra, when as a wicket-keeper and an opening batsman he scored centuries in both innings of the match, with 101 (of 196) and 201 not out (of 297) after being forced to follow on to save the match.^[3] He was subsequently named as the captain of West Zone U-19s at the age of 15, leading them in a match against the England U-19s.^[4] He was subsequently selected to the Indian U-19s, being coached by Roger Binny whilst attending Vidya Nagar High School.^[5] He led the national U-17 side to victory in the 2001 Asia Cup, and was awarded a six-week scholarship to the Australian Cricket Academy in Adelaide ^[6] and was then named the U-19 captain for the 2002 World Cup in New Zealand. He was then selected in the 2002 India A team to tour South Africa just days after his seventeenth birthday ^[7] coached by Yashpal Sharma despite having never represented Gujarat at senior level in the Ranji Trophy. He was then selected as the spare wicket-keeper behind Ajay Ratra for the senior Indian team's tour to England.^[8]

[edit] Test career

He made his Test debut in 2002 in the 2nd Test against England at Nottingham after Ratra was injured, becoming the youngest wicket-keeper in Test history at 17 years 152 days, eclipsing the previous record of Pakistan's Hanif Mohammad (which stood at 17 years 300 days since 1952), despite still not having played in domestic first-class matches ^[9] He was dismissed for a duck in the first innings but batted for over an hour on the last day to help prevent an English victory.

He had moderate success with the bat, with a top score of 47, while at other times not being required to bat and was retained throughout, making a tour of Australia in 2003-04. He made 160 runs at an average of 32 on that tour, including his first 50, a 62 in the New Year's Test at the SCG. With his batting form improving, he made an unbeaten 62 in the second Test in the away series against Pakistan, and was then promoted to open the batting in the final Test in place of Akash Chopra,^[10] who was dropped so that Yuvraj Singh could be retained in the team upon the return from injury of captain Sourav Ganguly. He made his top score, 69, whilst facing the new ball taken by Shoaib Akhtar.^[11] He was also reported for excessive appealing in the 2nd Test match and was fined for it.^[12] He continued his run with the bat, this time against Australia in the 2004 home series, with a 46 and 54.^[13]

However, during this time his performance with the gloves deteriorated and he was dropped from the Indian National squad to give way for Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Dinesh Karthik in the Indian one day and Test teams respectively in 2004. This lead to criticism that he had focussed too much on improving his batting whilst conceding runs through dropped catches and missed stumpings.^[14] One former selector claimed that he should have been dropped earlier, citing the reason for his retention as being due to politics.^[15] At this stage of his career, he has not yet represented Gujarat.^[16] In late 2005, his BCCI C-grade contract was cancelled as part of the annual review.

In early 2006, Patel was recalled for the tour of Pakistan as the reserve wicketkeeper for Mahendra Singh Dhoni, but did not play.^[17]

[edit] ODI career

Patel made his ODI debut against New Zealand in January 2003 .^[18] He was selected in the Indian squad for the 2003 Cricket World Cup but did not play any games, with Rahul Dravid being used as a make-shift wicket-keeper to allow the use of an extra batsman or bowler. With this policy in place, Patel only made intermittent appearances in ODIs, usually when Dravid was injured or being rested (in full or from wicket-keeping duties). He played 13 ODIs in a two year span, and during an interrupted career managed only an average of 14.66 and a top-score of 28.^[19]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Cricinfo Player Profile : Parthiv Ajay Patel

	India squad - 2003 Cricket World Cup
1 Ganguly \| 2 Dravid \| 3 Sehwag \| 4 Tendulkar \| 5 Kumble \| 6 Harbhajan \| 7 Srinath \| 8 Zaheer \| 9 Nehra \| 10 Mongia \| 11 P Patel \| 12 Bangar \| 13 Agarkar \| 14 Yuvraj \| 15 Kaif \| Coach: Wright