Parthiv Patel

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country = India
fullname = Parthiv Ajay Patel
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yearofbirth = 1985
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testdebutdate = 8 August
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lasttestyear = 2008
lasttestagainst = Sri Lanka
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date = 11 October
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/9/9805/9805.html CricketArchive

Parthiv Ajay Patel audio|Parthiv_Patel.ogg|pronunciation (born 9 March 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.

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 . [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/100985.html Cricinfo - Parthiv Patel: Youngster destined for greater heights ] ] Patel first caught the eyes of cricket journalists [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/86165.html Cricinfo - A new flower blooms in Gujarat's P Patel ] ] 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. [ [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2000-01/IND_LOCAL/U16/MERCHANT/WEST/MAHA-U16_GUJ-U16_MERCHANT-W_05-07DEC2000.html Maharastra Under-16s v Gujarat Under-16s at Kolhapur, 05-07 Dec 2000 ] ] 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. [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/99828.html Cricinfo - Parthiv Patel: Only fifteen but dreaming big already ] ] He was subsequently selected to the Indian U-19s, being coached by Roger Binny whilst attending Vidya Nagar High School. [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/100985.html Cricinfo - Parthiv Patel: Youngster destined for greater heights ] ] 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 [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/96119.html Cricinfo - The making of stars who hold the key to the future ] ] 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 [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/119054.html Cricinfo - Yashpal Sharma: The most important thing is attitude Special ] ] 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. [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/117710.html Cricinfo - Parthiv Ajay Patel - the kid with a safe pair of hands ] ]

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 any domestic first-class matches [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/122058.html Cricinfo - Kid gloves ] ] 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, [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/134369.html Cricinfo - Messing around at the top ] ] 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. [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/134494.html Cricinfo - Walking the talk ] ] He was also reported for excessive appealing in the 2nd Test match and was fined for it. [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/142856.html Cricinfo - A costly infatuation ] ] He continued his run with the bat, this time against Australia in the 2004 home series, with a 46 and 54. [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/142497.html Cricinfo - A healthy fear ] ]

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 led to criticism that he had focussed too much on improving his batting whilst conceding runs through dropped catches and missed stumpings. [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/142856.html Cricinfo - A costly infatuation ] ] One former selector claimed that he should have been dropped earlier, citing the reason for his retention as being due to politics. [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/142854.html Cricinfo - 'Vote politics kept Patel in the side' - Azad ] ] At that stage of his career, he was yet to represent Gujarat. [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/142497.html Cricinfo - A healthy fear ] ] 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. [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/232378.html Cricinfo - Indian camp remains tightlipped over team composition ] ]

ODI career

Patel made his ODI debut against New Zealand in January 2003 . [ [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2002-03/IND_IN_NZ/SCORECARDS/IND_NZ_ODI4_04JAN2003.html 4th ODI: New Zealand v India at Queenstown, 4 Jan 2003 ] ] 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. [ [http://statserver.cricket.org/guru?sdb=player;playerid=9900;class=odiplayer;filter=basic;team=0;opposition=0;notopposition=0;season=0;homeaway=0;continent=0;country=0;notcountry=0;groundid=0;startdefault=2003-01-04;start=2003-01-04;enddefault=2004-07-27;end=2004-07-27;tourneyid=0;finals=0;daynight=0;toss=0;scheduledovers=0;scheduleddays=0;innings=0;result=0;followon=0;seriesresult=0;keeper=0;captain=0;dnp=0;recent=;viewtype=aro_list;runslow=;runshigh=;batposition=0;dismissal=0;bowposition=0;ballslow=;ballshigh=;bpof=0;overslow=;overshigh=;conclow=;conchigh=;wicketslow=;wicketshigh=;dismissalslow=;dismissalshigh=;caughtlow=;caughthigh=;caughttype=0;stumpedlow=;stumpedhigh=;csearch=;submit=1;.cgifields=viewtype Cricinfo - Statsguru - PA Patel - ODIs - Innings by innings list ] ]

Domestic career

In 2007, Patel led Gujarat team to win Ranji Trophy Plate League title against Railways. [ [http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ranjiplateleague/content/story/330018.html Gujarat clinch Plate League title with thrilling win] ]

Patel played in the 2008 Indian Premier League for Chennai Super Kings.

References

External links

*Cricinfo|ref=india/content/player/32242.html
*Cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Players/9/9805/9805.html

Persondata
NAME = Patel, Parthiv Ajay
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = Indian cricketer
DATE OF BIRTH = March 9 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH = Ahmedabad, Gujarat
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