Former India goalkeeper Parthiv Patel, who made his international debut at the age of 17, announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. Patel, 35, reported his retirement in a tweet.
Patel played 25 events, 39 ODI and two T20I, with a score of 934, 736 and 36 respectively in the three formats. His last match for India was in January 2018, when he showed up for a Test match against South Africa in Johannesburg. He made his debut with India during the 2002 tour of England.
“On this day, as I pause and reflect to assess how I have arrived, the biggest wish I have is that my father has been by my side, at the close of my journey as a cricketer, as he has done in most of the cases. of my life and career. Today, I announce my retirement from all forms of cricket, and as I draw the curtains on the slim 18-year cricket journey. I am most grateful to many, ”Parthiv said in an excerpt.
BCCI showed a generous amount of trust and faith in a 17 year old to play for India. I have enormous gratitude to them for being a force that guided and held me by the hand in the formative years of my young career. I am grateful to all the captains that I have played with. I am especially indebted to Dada, my first captain who showed immense faith in me. I feel privileged to have been in company and learned from some stellar teammates, many of whom I can call friends today at the same time. I must admit that the players on the opposing team have been so inspiring and considered me well. “
In fact, he played his first Ranji Trophy after he was knocked out of the India team in 2004 due to below par glove work on tours of Australia and Pakistan. Parthiv played an astonishing 194 top-class games in which he had scored 11,240 runs with 27 hundreds averaging 43 more and led Gujarat to their first Ranji Trophy title in 2016-17, where they beat Mumbai in the final.
Add to that 194 A-List games and 204 T20 games, Parthiv had a long career, but it was just that Dhoni was a few light years ahead as an artist. But Parthiv played for many IPL teams including Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore for the last 13 editions. Probably not getting a match in this edition of IPL for RCB was decisive in his case.
“I am full of gratitude to the Gujarat Cricket Association, my home, for solidly supporting me throughout my journey, and the leadership role entrusted to me could not have been more joyful and fulfilling than our team winning all formats. of the game, ”the excerpt said.
(With PTI inputs)
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