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Ahmedabad: Parthiv Patel, India’s former goalie-hitter, retired from all forms of cricket on Wednesday. In his retirement, Parthiv expressed his gratitude to his first Indian captain, Sourav Ganguly.
The 35-year-old Gujarati wicketkeeper-hitter last played for the country in 2016.However, he has also played 6 IPL matches this year. However, he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket by tweeting on Wednesday. Parthiv, who took over as India’s goalkeeper at the age of 17, has played 25 tryouts, 36 ODI and two T20I matches for the country in his 18-year long cricket career.
In retirement, Parthiv wrote on Twitter, ‘Today I am pulling the curtain down on 16 years of life in cricket. Withdraw from all forms of cricket. The Indian board has trusted me since I was 16 years old. I am grateful to those who have been by my side since I was young who taught me to play hand in hand and helped me keep going. ‘
Expressing gratitude to his first Captain Sourav, Parthiv wrote: “I am grateful to everyone I played. But especially to Grandpa. That was my first Captain 7 I trusted 6 I am lucky to have played Indian cricket stallwords.
Parthiv also thanked his father Ajay Patel for his cricket career. Parthiv made his debut in India against England in Nottingham in 2002. His international cricket career began with captain Sourav Ganguly. Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman were on the team where a 17-year-old Earthman debuted.
There have been 10 half centuries in international cricket in the last 16 years, although there have not been centuries. There are 26 centuries of world-class cricket. He has won more than one match for Gujarat. The number of runs scored in international cricket is 1606 He has taken 93 sacks and 7 stumps behind the gate
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