Parthiv Patel's wicketkeeping woes today in first ODI are big let down for the man himself for it seems he has not learnt anything since old days in 2004 when he was dropped for poor keeping. He has been around now for 9 years now and he still is a fringe kepper or a standby keeper.
When he first bursted on the screen, he was hailed as next big thing and his defiance in 2002 Headingley test / Nottingham test proved that he has necessary temparament to be in at highest level. He had success with the bat in 2003-04 Australian tour but he lost it later in the year and thats where Boss DK emerged.
Post 2004 MSD emerged and thus PP's ambitions for a fulltime keeper with Indian team ended. The only opportunities thereafter he's got are when MSD has opted for rest like in 2008 SL tour and now in Windies tour, but he has flopped every time.
Now its upto him when he learns and tries to grab a position within the team. There are many new keepers coming up in absence of MS and there is one even on this tour -- Wriddhiman Saha. Lets see how much of this motivates this guy and how much he turns around his performances with the gloves.
He just got Ramnaresh Sarwan off Munnabhai MBBS
