Parthiv Patel is also an Indian cricketer, wicketkeeper and batsman. He is a left-handed batsman. He plays domestic cricket for Gujarat.

Cricketer Parthiv Patel Biography

Parthiv Patel was born on 9 March 1985 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat (India). He is married to Avni Zaveri. He is a left-handed batsman and plays for Gujarat.

Parthiv Patel Career

Parthiv Patel has been the biggest contributor to the 2016-17 Ranji Trophy. Gujarat reached the final only for the second time by defeating Odisha and Jharkhand in the quarterfinals and semi-finals. In January, Gujarat competed against defending champions Mumbai. That match was played in Indore.

Patel scored 90 runs in the first innings and 143 runs in the second innings and made Gujarat's way in winning the trophy. Patel's 143 in the Ranji Trophy final is his highest score.

With this win, Gujarat won the Ranji Trophy for the first time and Patel became the first captain of Gujarat to win three important domestic trophies.

Parthiv Patel played the first Test match against England at Trent Bridge in 2002 and became the youngest wicketkeeper in the history of Test cricket. At that time, he was only 17 years old. He was playing in place of injured Ajay Ratra and also broke the record of Pakistan 's youngest wicket-keeper Hanif Mohammed (age 17 years and 300 days).

But due to Dhoni 's arrival in 2008 and Parthiv's poor wicketkeeping, he was dropped for a few matches.

In 2003, Patel played the first ODI match against New Zealand. He was included in the Indian team for the 2003 World Cup but he was not given a chance to play a single match as Rahul Dravid was seen as a capable wicketkeeper and batsman in the Indian team at that time .

He was then rejoined the team to play a match against South Africa due to an injured Sachin Tendulkar .

In 2015, he appeared as an opener from Mumbai Indians.

He played his first T20 match at the Queen's Park Oval ground in Port of Spain. Patel was playing as an opener in that match and another new left-handed batsman Shikhar Dhawan was playing to support him.

Parthiv Patel was replaced by injured Wriddhiman Saha in the third Test match played in Mohali. Justifying the decision of the selectors, he performed brilliantly in that match and scored an unbeaten 67 in only 54 balls, which led to India winning the match.