Parthiv Patel aims to perform well on West Indies tour
Indian wicket-keeper batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760. Patel was brought into the national side for the upcoming One Day series in Caribbean, as regular wicket-keeper, Mahendra Singh
Dhoni, is not available to play.
With http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447.
However, Patel vowed not to feel any unnecessary pressure that he http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-Willey-c81951 be shouldering responsibilities in place of Dhoni and Sehwag.
Expressing his delight on selection, Patel said, "I can`t say that I will bat like Sehwag and keep like Dhoni. I will give my hundred percent and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Try-c94438 to perform to the best of my abilities".
Patel has served http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in 18 One Day Internationals (ODIs). Along with a batting average of 24.16, Patel has 14 catches, and three stumps to his credit.
Patel, who took over the charge from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kerala-c803 to their humiliating 11-run defeat at the hands of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the 64th
Indian Premier League game on Wednesday, May 18, 2011.
After electing to bat first, CSK amassed a decent total of 152, courtesy of power-hitting by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/WP-Saha-c2800 in the death overs. In response, the Tuskers could only manage to reach to 141 for 5 in 20 overs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Huzefa-Mohammed-Patel-c63657 was not able to show his magic with the bat and got out after scoring just six runs. The 26-year old wicket-keeper also missed two easy stumping chances but insisted that his overall performance behind the stumps has been decent throughout the tournament.
On his team’s performance in the ongoing competition, Patel described that even though the team failed to make it into the play-offs, there are a lot of positives that the side can take from their debut IPL campaign.
The left-handed wicket-keeper batsman added, "There has been lot of positives. Looking at the team sheet of Kochi before the start of the IPL. Everyone thought that ours is a weaker side. We did not have any outstanding performers. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rich-Pyrah-c2311 Singh`s bowling has
been a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Griffith-c919 plus, as he got the ball to swing".
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