Rakep Patel

Rakep Patel
Personal information
Full name Rakep Rajendra Patel
Born (1989-07-12) 12 July 1989
Nairobi, Kenya
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm off break
Role Batsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 36) 21 August 2008 v Netherlands
Last ODI 30 January 2014 v Scotland
T20I debut (cap 18) 4 August 2008 v Scotland
Last T20I 26 November 2013 v Canada
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 39 22 12 70
Runs scored 621 345 495 1,389
Batting average 20.03 20.29 20.62 25.25
100s/50s 0/2 0/1 1/1 1/5
Top score 92 52 130 124
Balls bowled 168 18 78 536
Wickets 2 1 0 11
Bowling average 67.50 26.00 39.54
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 1
Best bowling 1/14 1/13 5/16
Catches/stumpings 18/0 13/0 9/ 35/0
Source: Cricinfo, 13 May 2017

Rakep Patel (Gujarati: રાકેપ પટેલ) (born 12 July 1989) is a Kenyan international cricketer and current limited over captain for Kenya. A product of the Nairobi Gymkhana Club, he is primarily a batsman who plays right-handed, but also occasionally bowls off spin.[1]

Domestic career

He made his lone performance for the Kenya Select team in their inaugural season, and found himself called up to the national squad for their tour of Europe, including a tour of the Netherlands and the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier.

He has the joint record along with Dawid Malan for scoring the highest ever T20 score when batting at number 6 position (103).[2]

References

  1. "Ragheb Aga recalled for Europe tour". Cricinfo. 12 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
  2. "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
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