A big news has come out regarding former Indian wicketkeeper batsman Parthiv Patel. Parthiv Patel is soon going to replace the current white-ball head coach of Pakistan cricket team, Gary Kirsten, with a big team. Gary Kirsten was the batting coach and mentor of Gujarat Titans till the last season of IPL. But he had decided to leave Gujarat Titans and become the head coach of the white-ball team of Pakistan cricket team. In such a situation, now Parthiv Patel can replace Gary Kirsten in the team of Gujarat Titans.

Parthiv Patel will replace Gary Kirsten

According to a report in Times of India, Gujarat Titans team is going to give big responsibility to Parthiv Patel. He can become the batting mentor of Gujarat Titans. Sources close to the development have said that Patel will join the support staff led by former Indian cricketer Ashish Nehra. Gary Kirsten was associated with this team since IPL 2022. During this period, Gujarat team also won the title in the year 2022. But this year he joined hands with the Pakistan team.

Parthiv Patel's special connection with Gujarat

Parthiv Patel also has a special connection with Gujarat. In fact, he has represented Gujarat in domestic cricket during his sporting career. During this time, he gave the state team its first title by defeating Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy final in the 2016-17 season. At the same time, Parthiv Patel has played in all three formats for Team India. Parthiv played his first International Test in the year 2002, when he became the youngest wicketkeeper to play Test for India.

Patel played 25 Tests, 38 ODI Internationals and two T20 Internationals for India in his 18-year career. Apart from this, he also remained a part of IPL as a player till the year 2020. He played for Chennai Super Kings from 2008 to 2010. After this he joined the Kochi Tuskers Kerala team. Apart from this, he was also a part of teams like Sunrisers Hyderabad, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians. Parthiv Patel retired from all formats of cricket in December 2020. For some time now he has also been working as a commentator.