new Delhi: Today is the birthday of Parthiv Patel, the former wicket-keeper batsman of the Indian cricket team, on 9 March. He was born on this day in the year 1985 in Gujarat. Patel is well known for his wit on and off the field. He played his first test match against England on 8 August 2002. Parthiv was included in the team in place of wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra. Although there were flaws in his keeping, but Parthiv remained a part of Team India due to the batting.
Test debut at the youngest
When Parthiv made his Test debut, he was 17 years and 152 days old. He became the youngest Test-playing wicket-keeper in the world. He broke the record of Hanif Mohammad (17 years and 300 days) of Pakistan by making his Test debut. Parthiv’s batting was considered very good, but his flaws are seen in wicketkeeping. However, he remained a part of the team on the strength of his batting.
talkative status
Parthiv Patel was very famous for his spot response. Apart from this, he has also achieved the talkative status by the legendary cricketers. While playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL, Parthiv had also upset his team member AB de Villiers. De Villiers once said that no one can be more talkative than Parthiv. He talks so much behind the wicket that sometimes even the batsman gets upset.
Steve Waugh was screwed
Parthiv is also known for screwing up. He had a crush on Australian captain Steve Waugh during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2004. Actually, at that time it was the last match of Steve Waugh’s Test career, when Steve was batting, Parthiv, standing behind the stump, was teasing him again and again. Parthiv said – Come on Steve. Before leaving, show off your most popular slog by hitting it. Steve Waugh got very angry with these sari things of Parthiv and he said – learn to respect.
Parthiv’s career
Test – 25 matches, 934 runs, 6 fifties
ODI – 38 matches, 736 runs, 4 half-centuries
T20 – 2 matches, 36 runs
IPL – 139 matches, 2848 runs