Parthiv Ajay Patel is the wicketkeeper of the Gujarat Cricket team. He was born on March 9, 1985 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He has also played for the Indian cricket team, India Green cricket team and Rajasthan Association President`s XI cricket team. The full name of Parthiv is Parthiv Ajay Patel.
Parthiv Patel is a left-handed batsman. He started playing in the "First-class" matches in 2001-02. In the "List A" matches, Parthiv Patel debuted in 2001-02. The "Test match" debut of Parthiv Patel was against England team, which was held at Nottingham from August 8 to 12 in 2002. Parthiv Patel had his "Twenty20" cricket debut at Leicester on September 15 in 2005.
Parthiv Patel became the Test cricket`s youngest wicketkeeper at the age of 17 years. He was called up in the Indian team to replace the injured Ajay Ratra in the second Test at Trent Brigade.
Cricket statistics of Parthiv Ajay Patel
Batting and fielding averages
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
| Tests | 20 | 30 | 7 | 683 | 69 | 29.69 | 1527 | 44.72 | 0 | 4 | 93 | 0 | 41 | 8 |
| ODIs | 38 | 34 | 3 | 736 | 95 | 23.74 | 962 | 76.50 | 0 | 4 | 79 | 7 | 30 | 9 |
| T20Is | 2 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 26 | 18.00 | 32 | 112.50 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| First-class | 122 | 178 | 19 | 6473 | 206 | 40.71 | 16 | 34 | 304 | 46 | ||||
| List A | 130 | 120 | 8 | 3082 | 95 | 27.51 | 3843 | 80.19 | 0 | 22 | 129 | 44 | ||
| Twenty20 | 61 | 59 | 5 | 1079 | 57 | 19.98 | 993 | 108.66 | 0 | 4 | 143 | 14 | 26 | 9 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
| Tests | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ODIs | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| T20Is | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| First-class | 122 | 36 | 20 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.33 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| List A | 130 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Twenty20 | 61 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Test debut | England v India at Nottingham, Aug 8-12, 2002 |
| Last Test | Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), Aug 8-11, 2008 |
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| ODI debut | New Zealand v India at Queenstown, Jan 4, 2003 |
| Last ODI | India v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, Feb 21, 2012 |
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| T20I debut | West Indies v India at Port of Spain, Jun 4, 2011 |
| Last T20I | England v India at Manchester, Aug 31, 2011 |
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| First-class debut | 2001/02 |
| Last First-class | Gujarat v Haryana at Surat, Dec 21-24, 2011 |
| List A debut | 2001/02 |
| Last List A | India v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, Feb 21, 2012 |
| Twenty20 debut | Chilaw Marians Cricket Club v PCA Masters XI at Leicester, Sep 15, 2005 |
| Last Twenty20 | England v India at Manchester, Aug 31, 2011 |