Rashid Ghulam Mohammed Patel (born 1 June 1964) was a left arm fast bowler who represented

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. He played for

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between 1986–87 and 1996–97 in domestic cricket. Rashid Patel had a rather unsuccessful career for India. His only Test was at

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against

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in 1988–89. Apart from beating the openers' bat a few times early on he made no impression. He scored a

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against

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while batting. In his only one-day match against the same team, he bowled 10 overs for 58 runs without taking a wicket. He is best remembered for an on-field spat when West Zone played North in the final of the 1990–91 Duleep Trophy at Jamshedpur. It was a bitter match which saw sledging and arguments between the players of the two sides. While North Zone was batting for the second time on the last day, already having taken a decisive lead in the game, Patel pulled out a stump and attacked the North opener

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. Patel had earlier ran onto the crease, and Lamba had taken it upon himself to warn Patel, instead of the umpire doing so. That resulted in an argument between Lamba and Patel. The play was called off fifteen minutes before tea on the final day. Patel defended his action arguing that his intention was only to defend himself against Lamba who was rushing towards him wielding his bat, and that he had only hit Lamba's bat thrice and not his person. Four weeks later a three-member disciplinary committee composed of

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, M.A.K. Pataudi and

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banned Patel for 13 months and Lamba for 10 months.''ibid, Feb 25'', p.53

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Patel, Rashid India One Day International cricketers India Test cricketers Indian cricketers Baroda cricketers West Zone cricketers 1964 births Living people People from Sabarkantha district