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#2 Parthiv Patel
Those saw Parthiv Patel on their TV screens on 8th August 2002 without knowing his actual age would have thought that India must have created the record of playing the youngest cricketer ever.
The then 17-year-old Patel looked younger than 15 with his baby face when he made his Test debut against England at Trent Bridge.
Parthiv started on a promising note with both bat and the gloves and played many commendable innings overseas till the Pakistan tour of 2004. However, he was dropped later as because of his slapdash glove-work in the subsequent series. Other options like Dinesh Karthik were tried in place of him before Dhoni became a mainstay in the side for the next decade.
Patel made a comeback to the national side in 2008 but was dropped once again and was an irregular in the squad as a backup keeper. He got his chances when a specialist batsman was injured/rested or when Dhoni did not play a particular series. However, he could not cement his place in the side.
However, Parthiv was never off the selectors' radar because of stellar performances in the domestic arena.
In the IPL, Parthiv Patel has played for a lot of franchises and has almost always opened for them, enjoying a good career in the domestic league.
Patel was the first to be selected to play for India among in these list players, but opportunities didn't follow him even after Dhoni's retirement in 2014, as Saha was chosen ahead of the Gujarat batsman.
Patel got chances against England in 2016 at home and in 2018 in South Africa and showed with his decent performances that he still has what it takes. He is named in the 18-member Test squad to face Aussies in December 2018, but once again, as a backup keeper to Pant, who was just 4 Patel made his debut back all those years ago. Wow!
ODI Record: Debut: 2003 vs NZ || Matches: 38 || Runs: 736. //
T20I Record: Debut: 2011 vs Windies || Matches: 02 || Runs: 36. //
IPL Record: Matches: 125 || Runs: 2475.
TEST Record: Debut: 2002 vs England || Matches: 25 || Runs: 934.
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