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| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 131) | 6 June 1974 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 16 December 1977 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 7) | 13 July 1974 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 16 June 1979 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,11 November 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Brijesh Patelpronunciationⓘ (born 24 November 1952) is a former Indiancricketer who played for theIndian national cricket team as a right-handedbatsman from 1974 until 1979.[1] After retirement, he served as theIndian Premier League chairman between 2019 and 2022.[2]
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Patel played in 21test matches from 1974 to 1977, and sustained abatting average of 29.45. He was also a bowler, but was never asked to deliver his right-armoff breaks for his national team. His highest test score was 115not out.[3] He was regarded as an excellent fielder normally covering areas around cover and point. He was never dismissed for a duck in international cricket.
His international career came to a premature end because of his suspect technique against genuine pace.[4] While his international cricketing career was not particularly productive, he made 37 hundreds and over 11000 runs infirst class cricket. At the time of his retirement, he held theRanji Trophy records (since bettered) for most runs and hundreds. His talent first became evident as a student inBishop Cotton Boys School,Bangalore, and he represented his country in a junior team that traveled toAustralia. Throughout his career, he representedKarnataka state and captained the team to many victories. He and fellow internationalGundappa Vishwanath formed a formidable batting pair.
After his playing days he became cricket administrator. A Jagmohan Dalmiya (Ex President of BCCI) supporter, Patel was appointed the Director of theNational Cricket Academy in India until he was replaced in 2005 by another ex-Test cricketer,Shivlal Yadav, the current director of the NCA.
Brijesh Patel has also been the Hon. Secretary of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) since 1999 and controls cricket in Karnataka. Some years ago he was also the Chairman of the National Selection Committee for the Indian national team and resigned after suffering a heart ailment.
Brijesh's son,Udit Patel, is also a cricketer who used to play forKarnataka in domestic matches.[5] Brijesh Patel runs a private cricket coaching academy in Bangalore called B.P.C.A. (Brijesh Patel Cricket Academy), attended by more than 300 boys.
| Preceded by | Chairman, Selection Committee October 2002 – September 2003 | Succeeded by |
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