Which team did Parthiv Patel play for from 2002 to 2008?
Parthiv Patel Parthiv Ajay Patel ( born 9 March 1985 ) is a former Indian professional cricketer , wicketkeeper-batsman , and was a member of the Indian national cricket team . He is a left-handed batsman and played for Gujarat in domestic cricket . Having lost a finger at the age of 9 , he initially found it hard to keep wickets , but after enough practice , he was used to it . When Parthiv played for the Indian team in 2002 , he became the youngest wicket-keeper to represent a country in Tests . In December 2020 , Patel announced his retirement from all forms of cricket . After his retirement , Patel joined Mumbai Indians as a Talent Scout . 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 . Patels 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 . In July 2018 , he was named as the captain for India Green for the 2018–19 Duleep Trophy . In October 2019 , he was named as the captain of India B for the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy . Indian Premier League . 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 $1m 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 . In January 2018 , he was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2018 IPL auction . International career . Parthiv debuted in the year 2002 against England at Trent Bridge at 17 years and 153 days to become Test Crickets youngest wicketkeeper . He had replaced the injured Ajay Ratra and eclipsed the record previously held by Pakistans 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 for a few matches in 2004 . 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 . 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 14.66 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 centuries . Later on he was called up for replacing injured Sachin Tendulkar in India tour South Africa . 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 Queens 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 . In the second ODI against West Indies he scored 56 not out . England tour of India 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 . One of the Indian cricketers to play t20 match in 2005 . Parthiv Patel , along with Robin Singh and Rohan Gavaskar played their first t20 match in 2005 . This was the early phase of t20 format . But the first Indian cricketer to play a t20 match was Dinesh Mongia . He played his debut match in July 2004 . External links . - Parthiv Patel at Wisden - Parthiv Patel Royal Challenge