Rashid Patel

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Rashid Patel India (Ind)

Batting style	Left-handed batsman
Bowling type	Left-arm Fast Medium
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	1	1
Runs scored	0	-
Batting average	0.00	-
100s/50s	0/0	0/0
Top score	0	-
Overs bowled	14
Wickets	0	0
Bowling average	-	-
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	N/A
Best bowling	-	-
Catches/stumpings	1	0
As of September 10, 2005 Source: Cricinfo.com

Rashid Ghulam Mohammed Patel pronunciation (help·info) (born June 1, 1964, Sabarkantha, Gujarat) was a left arm fast bowler who represented India in cricket.

Rashid Patel would go down as one of the least successful players to represent India. He was picked for the national team in 1988/89 apparently because he impressed with his speed but with little performance to back it up. His only Test was at Bombay against New Zealand that season. Apart from beating the openers' bat a few times early on he made no impression. He scored a pair against Richard Hadlee while batting. In his only one-day match he bowled 10 overs for 58 runs without taking a wicket.

His few moments of fame came a season later when West Zone played North in the semifinal of the Duleep Trophy. It was a bitter match which saw sledging and arguments between the players of two sides. While North Zone was batting for the second time on the last day, already having taken a decisive lead in the game, Patel pulled out a stump and attacked the North opener Raman Lamba. Patel had earlier ran onto the crease which prompted Lamba to warn him and it resulted in an argument between the two. Patel defended his action arguing that his intention was only to defend himself against Lamba who was rushing towards him wielding his bat, and that he had only hit Lamba's bat thrice and not his person. Three weeks later a three member disciplinary committee comprised of Madhavrao Scindia, M.A.K. Pataudi and Raj Singh Dungarpur banned Patel for 13 months and Lamba for 10 months. Patel's career after his return from the ban was even more undistinguished.