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

Bowling Averages

	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career Statistics

Test debut	England v India at Nottingham, Aug 8-12, 2002
Last Test	Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), Aug 8-11, 2008
Test statistics
ODI debut	New Zealand v India at Queenstown, Jan 4, 2003
Last ODI	India v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, Feb 21, 2012
ODI statistics
T20I debut	West Indies v India at Port of Spain, Jun 4, 2011
Last T20I	England v India at Manchester, Aug 31, 2011
T20I statistics
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