Parthiv Patel, the Indian keeper-batsman has been playing for team Indian for a very long time now. Though he has not been consistent in the playing squad but it has been forever since he made his debut for India. He was also a part of the World Cup squad in South Africa in 2003 when the team qualified for the final game.
Parthiv played a few test match for team India before he was dropped from the team from all formats of the game. Even the arrival of MS Dhoni as the skipper of the team didn’t help Parthiv fix his place in the team.
Despite not getting selected for the national team, Parthiv Patel didn’t lose hope and kept playing in the domestic circuit and in 2018 he finally made a stunning comeback on South Africa tour in Johannesburg Test in 2018. Many fans appreciate him for the way he kept his hopes alive. However, there are many people out there, who aren’t aware of the fact that Parthiv Patel doesn’t have a baby finger on his left hand.
Yes, you read that right. Recently, during a live session on Instagram, Parthiv Patel revealed that he was only six-years-old when he lost his baby finger. He also recalled the incident and revealed how he lost the finger. He said:
“My finger came in the door when I was six (years old) and it got cut,”
Further Parthiv Patel talked about how difficult it has been for him to be a wicketkeeper with nine fingers as his baby finger doesn’t fit in the gloves. He also revealed that he tapes his finger with the glove so that it stays jointed. He revealed:
“It is slightly difficult in a way because the last finger doesn’t’t fit in the wicket-keeping gloves. So I tape it down the gloves so that it stays joint. I don’t know how it would’ve been if I had all the fingers but when I look back, it feels good to represent India as a wicket-keeper with nine fingers,”
