About
Parthiv pankaj Patel About this sound pronunciation born 9 March 1985 is an Indian cricketer, wicketkeeper-batsman, and a member of the Indian national cricket team He is a left-handed batsman He plays for Gujarat in domestic cricket.
Domestic career
Patel led the Gujarat side in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy Beating Odisha and Jharkhand in the quarterfinal and semifinal, the team reached the final for only the second time In the final in January, they met defending champions Mumbai in Indore Patel scored 90 in the first inning and 143 in the second, and helped beat Mumbai to win its first Trophy Patel's 143 was the highest in a successful chase in a Ranji Trophy final The win also made Gujarat the first team and Patel the first captain to have won all three major domestic titles.
Test career
Parthiv debuted in the year 2002 against England at Trent Bridge at 17 years and 153 days to become Test Cricket's youngest wicketkeeper He had replaced the injured Ajay Ratra and eclipsed the previous record of being the youngest wicketkeeper, previously held by Pakistan's Hanif Mohammed 17 years and 300 days He played out an hour in the match while batting and hence saved India from defeat However, with the emergence of Dhoni and poor wicketkeeping, he was sidelined after a few matches in 2008.
On 23 November 2016, Parthiv Patel was called up as a replacement for the regular wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha who had a thigh strain, for the third Test at Mohali of the India-England home series He played his first Test in eight years, having missed 83 Test matches between appearances.
ODI career
Patel made his ODI debut against New Zealand in January 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 makeshift 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 1466 and a top-score of 28 and was dropped thereafter Parthiv returned to the Indian team in 2010 in the 4th and 5th Odi vs New Zealand He celebrated this moment by hitting two back to back half centuriesLater on he was called up for replacing injured Sachin Tendulkar in India tour South Africa.
IPL
Patel was auctioned in the inaugural Indian Premier League IPL to Chennai Super Kings He used to be a regular in the team and opened with the former Australian opener Matthew Hayden He did not keep wicket as the Indian wicketkeeper as captain MS Dhoni was in the team For the fourth season, he was signed by Kochi Tuskers Kerala On 16 May, it was announced that Parthiv will be leading the Kochi Tuskers Kerala for the rest of the 2011 Indian Premier League As a result of the termination of Kochi Tuskers franchise, Parthiv along with the other players from the franchise was once again auctioned for the 2012 Indian Premier League season He was picked by Deccan Chargers for $650,000 During the 2012 IPL Trading Window Parthiv was picked up by Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2013 and by Royal Challenger Bangalore in 2014 Patel was signed by Mumbai Indians for the 2015 IPL as an opening batsmen.
Tour of West Indies 2011
With wicket-keeper captain MS Dhoni rested for the tour along with several seniors such as Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan, he was entrusted with the job of wicket-keeping in the tour along with Wriddhiman Saha In the lone T20I match played in the tour, he made his T20I debut at the Queen's Park Oval at Port-of-Spain He opened the batting along with another left-handed debutante Shikhar Dhawan and made a 26 from 20 balls 2 fours, 1 six In the second ODI against West Indies he scored 56 not out.
Tour of England 2016
With wicket keeper Wriddhiman Saha injured, Parthiv was called to test team duty for the third test in Mohali He proved the selectors' decision was right with two good innings including an unbeaten 67 runs from 54 balls in the second innings which led India to victory.
