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Parthiv
Ajay Patel
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| Born: |
9 March 1985, Ahmedabad, Gujarat |
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| Major
Teams: |
Gujarat, India |
| Known
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Parthiv Patel |
| Pronounced: |
Parthiv Patel |
| Batting
Style: |
Left Hand Bat |
| Other: |
Wicket-Keeper |
| Test
Debut: |
India v England at Nottingham, 2nd Test, 2002 |
| Latest
Test: |
India v New Zealand at Hamilton, 2nd Test, 2002/03 |
| ODI
Debut: |
India v New Zealand at Queenstown, 4th ODI, 2002/03 |
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Profile:
Not often does one
find a youngster blessed with that rare combination of natural
talent and a burning desire to excel. Parthiv Patel is one such
gifted wicket-keeper/batsman, hailing from one of the lesser-known
cricketing cities in India Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Patel took to
cricket at the age of nine, enthralled by Ian Healy's work behind
the stumps. Around six years later, against Maharashtra in the
under-16 West Zone encounter, Patel made 101 out of Gujarat's
total of 196 - that too at the top of the order. Following on,
Gujarat made 297 for five to draw the match; Patel's contribution
was an unbeaten 201.
Patel's sharp eye
for the finer details of his work and his analytical abilities led
West Zone selectors to entrust him with the captaincy in the
under-19 match against the visiting English colts. Patel also led
the Indian under-17 victorious campaign in the Asia Cup at Dhaka.
At the young age of 17, Patel was then named to lead the Indian
team in the junior (under-19) World Cup in New Zealand.
Patel had a stint with the National Cricket
Academy (NCA) in Bangalore before the prestigious Border-Gavaskar
scholarship took him to the much-lauded Commonwealth Bank Cricket
Academy in Adelaide. After showing promise in the recent India 'A'
tours of South Africa and Sri Lanka, Patel forced his way into the
national squad as deputy to Ajay Ratra for the Test series in
England in mid-2002.
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