Famous Indian Cricketer & Wicketkeeper Batsman Parthiv Patel Interview by Devang Bhatt
Channel: Devang Bhatt
Date: 2012-12-27

Famous Indian Cricketer & Wicketkeeper Batsman Parthiv Patel Interview video by Devang Bhatt   
Parthiv Ajay Patel (born 9 March 1985) is an Indian cricketer, wicketkeeper-batsman, and a former member of the Indian national cricket team. He is a left-handed batsman. He plays for Gujarat in domestic cricket.
There is a saying that good things come in small packages. The short, baby-faced Parthiv Patel was a welcome addition to the Indian team led by Sourav Ganguly in the early part of the decade.Test cricket's youngest wicket-keeper at the age of 17 on his debut during India's tour to England at Trent Bridge, some people suggested that he was not ready to face the big boys and he should still be in school. 
However, Parthiv Patel went about his job in a very professional manner. He was very competent with the gloves in his first Test, but the highlight was his unbeaten 19 in the second innings to stave off an innings defeat. Parthiv looked up to Adam Gilchrist as his role model, but he found the rigors of international cricket testing. He struggled to keep against the spinners and many were starting to lose patience with his shoddiness behind the stumps.
Patel made his ODI debut against New Zealand in January 2003.He made his Test debut in 2002 in the 2nd Test against England at Nottingham after Ajay 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. 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 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.  
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 later played with Deccan Chargers. 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.
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