Parthiv Patel picks Rohit Sharma over Virat Kohli as India's captain for T20 WC 2021

Team India's 'split captaincy' debate has sparked ever since Rohit Sharma led Mumbai to ir fifth IPL title. Fans, as well as, former cricketers and commentators have been weighing in on debate, giving ir views about same. debate doesn't seem to end with everyone sharing ir two cents on split captaincy debate. 

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Parthiv Patel wants Rohit Sharma to captain Indian team at 2021 T20 World Cup

w, former Indian cricketer Parthiv Patel has opened up on issue and reckoned that Rohit should lead Indian team ahead of Kohli at 2021 T20 World Cup which is set to be played in India. While speaking on Sports Tak, Parthiv said that Rohit has shown everyone how to build a team and win a tournament. former cricketer opined that re is harm in giving him captaincy in one format as it will also relieve Kohli of some pressure.

Parthiv furr said that with Rohit winning so many tournaments, it will be interesting to see how he takes decisions under pressure. Gujarat-based cricketer stated that Mumbai IPL franchise does t have a settled team every season, but Rohit has shown that he kws how to build players and get desired results. According to Parthiv, if Rohit is fit to play, he should be handed over team India's captaincy for 2021 T20 World Cup.

Interesting, Parthiv Patel is one of few cricketers in IPL to have played under both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma at Bangalore and Mumbai franchises respectively at different points of time, making him perhaps ideal person to make such a comparison.

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Parthiv Patel anunces retirement from all forms of cricket

Parthiv took to Twitter to anunce his retirement from all forms of cricket on Wednesday, December 9, 2020.  Gujarat-born cricketer stormed into Indian cricket scene in  oddest fashion. Rar than usual progression going up from domestic to international cricket, Patel made a direct leap into Indian Test side. While his international career did t take off with all promise it had once shown, Patel has a storied domestic career to his name.

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Parthiv Patel IPL 2020 price and career

Patel has been a regular at Indian Premier League since its first year. He has been a part of three title-winning teams - Chennai in 2010 and Mumbai in 2015 and 2017. Despite being highest run-getter for Mumbai in 2017, Parthiv was t retained for next season. His most recent appearance at IPL was for Virat Kohli-led Bangalore side in 2019. Parthiv Patel IPL 2020 price was ₹1.7 crores as he was retained by Bangalore but didn't play a single game. Besides se, Patel also paid for erstwhile Kochi Tuskers and Deccan Chargers teams as well.

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