Harshal Patel (born 23 November 1990) is an Indian international

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in the domestic cricket. Patel made his international debut on 19th November 2021 against New Zealand.

Early life

A right-arm seamer with an effective slower ball, Patel took 23 wickets at an impressive average of in the 2008-09 Under-19

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. He later made his one-day debut for Gujarat in 2009–10. Harshal's family had planned to move to USA, but his brother Tapan Patel saw to it that he stayed on in India for the sake of his cricket. Harshal was named in the squad for the 2010 U-19 World Cup in

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. He was among three players from that squad to bag an IPL contract, with Mumbai Indians. Ignored by the Gujarat selectors for the first-class side, Harshal moved to Haryana and made an immediate impact in his debut Ranji Trophy season in 2011-12, running through Karnataka and Rajasthan with consecutive eight-fors in the quarter-final and semi-final. He was given a contract by the

in the 2012 Indian Premier League.

Career

Patel debuted immediately against Delhi and then finally rose to fame when he took a five-for in a flat batting track in

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. He backed up an incisive opening spell and wrapped up the tail by taking 3/9 in this last 4.5 overs. Patel followed up that performance by taking eight wickets for just 34 runs in the next game against defending champions Rajasthan. The opponents were bowled out for 89 and the day finished even with Haryana at 84/8. He became the first Haryana player since 1991 to catch the selectorial eyes with his performances. In the 2012 IPL auction, Patel was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore. In January 2018, Patel was bought by the

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) in the

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. In January 2021, Patel was traded by the

to the

prior to the fourteenth season of

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. On 9 April 2021, in the first match of IPL 2021 while playing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore, Patel took 5 wicket-haul (5-27) against the Mumbai Indians. Harshal Patel is first bowler to claim a 5-wicket haul against Mumbai Indians in IPL. This is his best bowling figures in the IPL and he also became the first ever player to take a 5 wicket-haul against the Mumbai Indians in the IPL. His 5 wicket-haul also became the third best bowling figures by an uncapped Indian player in the IPL. On 25 April 2021, in the same IPL season, Patel bowled the joint most expensive over in history of IPL. While playing against CSK, Patel gave away 37 runs in the 20th over while bowling to

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(6, 6, N6, 6, 2, 6, 4). On 26 September 2021, playing against Mumbai Indians, Patel became the third bowler to take a

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, finishing with the figures of 4/17 in 3.1 overs. On 13 October 2021,Harshal was selected among 8 net bowlers for

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for ICC Men's T20 world cup. By the end of IPL 2021, Patel ended with 32 wickets, making him the highest Indian wicket taker in a single season and joint-most with

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. In November 2021, he was named in India's

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(T20I) squad for their series against New Zealand. He made his T20I debut on 19 November 2021, for India against

. He took two wickets and was named as the player of the match. He also followed with another fruitful two wicket haul to end the series with four scalps in two appearances. In the 2022 IPL auction, Patel was bought by the

for ₹10.75 crores. He briefly left the bio-bubble following the death of his sister. In June 2022, he was named in India's squad for their T20I series against Ireland.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Patel, Harshal 1990 births Living people Indian cricketers India Twenty20 International cricketers Haryana cricketers Gujarati people Royal Challengers Bangalore cricketers Gujarat cricketers North Zone cricketers Delhi Capitals cricketers