Pahthiv Ajay Patel Biography

This blog is about Pahthiv Ajay Patel
Biography
Full name     Parthiv Ajay Patel
Born     9 March 1985 (age 26)
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Pakistan
Height     1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Batting style     Left-handed
Role     Wicket-keeper
International information
National side     India
Test debut (cap 244)     8 August 2002 v England
Last Test     8 August 2008 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 148)     4 January 2003 v New Zealand
Last ODI     8 June 2011 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years     Team
2004/05–present     Gujarat
2008–2010     Chennai Super Kings
2011–present     Kochi Tuskers Kerala
Career statistics
Competition     Test     ODIs     FC     List A
Matches     20     20     117     97
Runs scored     683     359     6147     2124
Batting average     29.69     25.64     40.17     26.55
100s/50s     0/4     0/3     14/33     0/15
Top score     69     56*     206     86
Balls bowled     –     –     18     –
Wickets     –     –     0     –
Bowling average     –     –     –     –
5 wickets in innings     –     –     0     –
10 wickets in match     –     –     0     –
Best bowling     –     –     0/9     –
Catches/stumpings     41/8     17/6     287/44     102/37
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 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. After many heartbreaks 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 .