Sunday, May 4, 2008

Parthiv Patel


Full name----------> Parthiv Ajay Patel
Born----------------> March 9, 1985,
Home Town-------->Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Batting style-------> Left-hand bat
Fielding position---> Wicketkeeper
Test debut---------> England v India at Nottingham, Aug 8-12, 2002
ODI debut---------> New Zealand v India at Queenstown, Jan 4, 2003


He is a left-handed batsman and is of a very short stature at 160 cm.Patel
made his ODI debut against New Zealand in January 2003 .He was selected
in theIndian 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.

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