Indian players who missed the most Tests before making a comeback

#4 Parthiv Patel (43 Tests)

A stop-start international career has seen Parthiv Patel don the Indian colours after huge gaps in the middle, missing out numerous Tests but still managing to sneak into the playing XI.

With MS Dhoni claiming the wicket-keeper’s role in Tests for close to a decade, Parthiv Patel’s career failed to take off after an early start as a 17-year old in 2002. After getting a long run till 2004, Patel was discarded from the Test setup, but surprisingly re-entered into the scene in 2008. It had taken him four years and 43 missed Tests to stage a comeback for India, but the pocket-sized keeper, who scored 13 runs in that match at Colombo against Sri Lanka, had to go back to domestic cricket till his next international assignment. Dhoni claimed his spot back, and didn’t leave it until retiring in December 2014.

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