Parthiv Patel announces retirement from all forms of cricket
Veteran Indian wicket-keeper batsman Parthiv Patel has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket officially on Wednesday. He made his debut for Team India at at age of 17 in 2002.
Parthiv Patel made his debut in a Test match for India against England at Nottingham in August 2002. His ODI debut came against New Zealand in 2003. He was a part of the Indian side that finished as runners-up in the 2003 World Cup under the captainship of Sourav Ganguly.
His last appearance for Team India in T20Is came in August 2011 while the last ODI was against Sri Lanka in February 2012.
He was part of India's Test squad that scripted history in Australia in 2018-19 but didn't play. His last appeared in a Test match for India against South Africa in January 2018.
Parthiv Patel took to Twitter to announce his retirement from all forms of cricket.
"Today, I announce my retirement from all forms of cricket and as I bring down the curtains on this 18-year-old cricketing journey, I feel heavier with gratitude towards many. The BCCI showed a generous amount of faith in a 17-year-old boy to play for India. I have enormous gratitude towards them for being a guiding force and holding me in the formative years of my young career," he wrote in his post.
"I am thankful to all the captains I have played under. I am especially indebted to Dada, my first captain, who showed immense faith in me. I feel privileged to have been in the company of and learned from some stellar teammates, a lot of whom I can call friends today. In the same breadth, I must admit players on the opposing team have been as inspiring and taught me well," he added.
-PTC News
