Urvil Patel is one of the enterprising wicket keeper batsman hailing from the region of Baroda. The 25-year-old has played over 43 games and is looking to break through into the national team setup. He has represented the likes of Braoda in the junior and senior levels before moving to Gujarat team in the domestic circuit. He will look forward to representing Gujarat Titans, his home side, in the Indian Premier League 2023.
Early Life & Journey:
Urvil Patel was born on 17th October 1998 in a middle class family. His father was a Physical Training teacher whereas his mother was a homemaker. In one of the exclusive interviews with Sportzcraazy, he had mentioned that his father was a main motivator behind his dream to become a state level cricketer.
Urvil Patel’s father, due to financial difficulties, could not go behind the dreams that he wanted to achieve. However, he wanted his son to fulfill the dream of making it to the top level. Seeing his potential at the tender age of six, Urvil Patel’s father made Urvil to join the cricket academy. The player picked his form from there and went onto represent the likes of Baroda U14s, Baroda 16s and Baroda U19s before making his debut for the senior side.
Urvil Patel wants to emulate Virendar Sehwag and his batting style. Urvil Patel wants to instill fear in the opposition while batting. The right-handed batter made his debut against Mumbai in 2018 in Vijay Hazare Trophy whereas he made his T20 debut for Baroda against Karnataka in the same year. Over the years, he has amassed 780+ runs in his career spanning 40+ games. His best innings have come against Bihar and Services where has scored a fastest T20 half century and 96-run knock against Uttar Pradesh respectively.
Due to lack of game time, Urvil Patel moved out of Baroda and joined Gujarat for better fortunes ahead of the 2018-19 Ranji Trophy season. As of now, it is safe to say that the fortunes have turned around as he has got an Indian Premier League contract worth INR 20 lakhs to feature for Gujarat Titans in Indian Premier League 2023.
Cricket & Stats
Urvil Patel has featured for both Gujarat and Baroda in the domestic circuit. He has featured over 40 games combined and has 780+ runs under his belt. He has scored four half centuries across the formats.
Urvil Patel made his T20 debut first and then came his List A debut. He made his debut for Baroda against Mumbai on January 07, 2018 at Rajkot. On his debut, Urvil Patel scored a half century from 28 deliveries. The innings consisted of seven fours and two sixes. He scored at a strike rate of 178.57. Over 33 T20 games, he has scored 683 runs at an average of 21.34. Urvil Patel, in one of the T20 games of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Tournament 2022, scored a quickest half century by a Gujarat based wicket-keeper batsman. He scored a half century from 18 deliveries. The innings did not stop there as he scored 84 runs from 37 deliveries at a strike rate of 227.
In the List A career, he has only ten games under his belt. He made his debut against Karnataka in October 2018. While chasing 266 runs from 37 deliveries, Baroda lost their way out. Urvil Patel came down late in the innings and got only 21 deliveries to play. He scored ten runs in those 21 balls. However, in a career spanning ten One Day games in domestic cricket, he has scored 104 runs at an average of 14.85 and strike rate of 73.75. Also, the player is yet to make his Ranji debut.
| FORMAT | Matches | Innings | Not Outs | Runs | Highest Score | Average | Strike Rate | 100s | 50s |
| T20 | 33 | 33 | 1 | 683 | 96 | 21.34 | 147.19 | 0 | 4 |
| List A | 10 | 9 | 2 | 104 | 29 | 14.85 | 73.75 | 0 | 0 |
Achievements:
2022 – Fastest half-century by a Gujarat player in Syed Mushtaq Ali Tournament. He scored a half century in just 18 deliveries.
BioData:
Urvil Patel
Profession: Indian Cricketer
Height (approx): 5’8’’
Hair colour : Brown
Date of birth: 17 October 1998
Age: 24
Birth Place: Mehsana, Baroda, Gujarat
Zodiac sign: Libra
Nationality: Indian
