Name: Parthiv Patel
Birth: 9 March 1985 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat
IPL Team: Chennai SuperKings
Country: India
He is a left-handed batsman and is of a very short stature at 160 cm.He made his Test debut in 2002 in the 2nd Test against England at Nottingham after Ratra was injured, becoming the youngest wicket-keeper in Test history at 17 years 152 days, eclipsing the previous record of Pakistan's Hanif Mohammad (which stood at 17 years 300 days since 1952), despite still not having played in any domestic first-class matches. He was dismissed for a duck in the first innings but batted for over an hour on the last day to help prevent an English victory.
He had moderate success with the bat, with a top score of 47, while at other times not being required to bat and was retained throughout, making a tour of Australia in 2003-04.
He made 160 runs at an average of 32 on that tour, including his first 50, a 62 in the New Year's Test at the SCG. With his batting form improving, he made an unbeaten 62 in the second Test in the away series against Pakistan, and was then promoted to open the batting in the final Test in place of Akash Chopra, who was dropped so that Yuvraj Singh could be retained in the team upon the return from injury of captain Sourav Ganguly. He made his top score, 69, whilst facing the new ball taken by Shoaib Akhtar.
He was also reported for excessive appealing in the 2nd Test match and was fined for it. He continued his run with the bat, this time against Australia in the 2004 home series, with a 46 and 54.
| Batting Statistics: | | | | | | | | |
| | Matches | Inngs | Runs | HS | Avg | SR.Rate | 100 | 50 |
| IPL - I | 13 | 13 | 302 | 54 | 27.45 | 101.68 | 0 | 2 |
| IPL - 2 | 9 | 9 | 142 | 36 | 15.77 | 112.69 | - | - |
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| Bowling Statistics: | | | | | | | |
| | Matches | Inngs | Runs | Wikets | BM | Avg | Eco. | 4 W |
| IPL - I | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| IPL - 2 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
