Smit Kamleshbhai Patel (born 16 May 1993) is a former Indian

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er. Patel plays as a

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, represented the

India Under-19 cricket team The Indian Under-19 cricket team represents the nation of India in cricket at Under-19 level. The team has won five Under-19 World Cups and has the best win percentage in ODIs (77%) among all Under-19 national teams. The team has won the Und ...

World Cup winning squad in 2012, and has also played for the

Gujarat cricket team The Gujarat cricket team is one of three first-class cricket teams representing the state of Gujarat (the other two being the Baroda cricket team and Saurashtra cricket team). Led by Parthiv Patel, Gujarat won their maiden Ranji Trophy title in ...

. He scored unbeaten 62 runs and helped to secured in India's to Under-19s World Cup glory at

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. Patel and

Unmukt Chand Unmukt Chand (born 26 March 1993) is an Indian-American cricketer. He is a right-handed top order batsman who currently plays for the Silicon Valley Strikers in Minor League Cricket, and the Melbourne Renegades in Australia's Big Bash League. ...

shared an unbroken 130-run stand for the fifth wicket after India had slipped from 75 for 1 to 97 for 4. In December 2012, Patel made his first first-class century in only his fifth game to lead a strong

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batting performance against

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at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium in

Valsad Valsad (Pronunciation: �alsɑɖ (Gujarati: વલસાડ), historically known as Bulsar, is a city and a municipality in Valsad district of the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the district headquarters of Valsad district. The city of Valsad ...

. He was the leading run-scorer for

Tripura Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the east a ...

in the

2017–18 Ranji Trophy The 2017–18 Ranji Trophy was the 84th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament that took place in India between October 2017 and January 2018. Vidarbha won the tournament, beating Delhi by 9 wickets in the final, ...

, with 526 runs in six matches. In May 2021, Patel retired from all cricket under the remit of the

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(BCCI) to be eligible to play cricket in the United States. In June 2021, he was selected to take part in the

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tournament in the United States following the players' draft.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Patel, Smit Living people 1993 births Indian cricketers Gujarat cricketers India Red cricketers Cricketers from Ahmedabad Gujarati people Tripura cricketers Wicket-keepers