Parthiv Patel talks about epic sledge to frustrated Mitchell Johnson during IPL game

Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Parthiv Patel seems to have enjoyed making fun of Australian cricketers over years. In Steve Waugh’s farewell Test match in Sydney way back in 2004, Patel tried to sledge 1999 World Cup-winning Australian captain. A few days ago, wicketkeeper also revealed that he tried to sledge his future Chennai Super Kings batting partner Matw Hayden in ODI segment of same tour. Additionally, Parthiv Patel can be frequently seen engaging in a friendly social media banter with former Australian cricketer-turned-commentator Dean Jones.

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Parthiv Patel recalls IPL clash with Mitchell Johnson

In a recent interview with FanCode, Parthiv Patel revealed that he had a run-in with former Australian pacer Mitchell Johnson during 2016 season of Indian Premier League (IPL). On April 25, 2016, Mumbai Indians faced Kings XI Punjab in Mohali. At time, Parthiv Patel was representing Rohit Sharma-led team and Mitchell Johnson represented Punjab-based T20 unit.

In interview, Parthiv Patel told that Johnson always had a lot of words to say to him even though he used to smash pacer “all over park”. In IPL 2016 match against Kings XI Punjab, seasoned wicketkeeper revealed that he sledged Australian quick by asking him to try his luck by bowling with his right-hand. In match, Patel blazed his way to a stroke-filled 81 off 58 balls. While batsman mand to register his highest T20 score with match-winning kck, Mitchell Johnson still got his man off penultimate over of innings.

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Parthiv Patel prefers KL Rahul over Rishabh Pant as India’s wicketkeeper

In interview, Parthiv Patel was also asked to give his take on which wicketkeeper is likely to take Indian cricket forward post retirement of MS Dhoni. Gujarat captain stated that if team manment is keeping upcoming back-to-back T20 World Cups in mind, n KL Rahul is way to go. stylish left-hander also praised Rishabh Pant’s talents and advised youngster to resort to domestic cricket to get back into form.

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IPL 2020: Parthiv Patel in RCB

During IPL 2020 trading and transfer window, Parthiv Patel became one of 13 cricketers to be retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for IPL 2020 season. franchise retained cricketer for US$223,485 (₹1.7 crore). wicketkeeper-batsman has been part of Virat Kohli-led RCB side since IPL 2018.

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