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7. PARTHIV PATEL

Parthiv Patel donned the wicket-keeping gloves for India in an era sandwiched between two great gloves-men, Nayan Mongia and Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Patel was an acrobatic keeper as he took some spectacular catches behind the stumps.

Patel though small in stature had a heart of a lion. The baby-faced wicket-keeper batsman was a pocket dynamite as he could score runs off quality bowling on some really tough tracks.

Test Record: Oct 2000-2005
Matches – 19 Runs – 669 Average – 31.85 100’s – 0 50’s – 4