Feels good to represent India as 'keeper with nine fingers: Parthiv

New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Experienced India wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel has revealed he played with nine fingers all throughout his career as he lost his little finger as a six-year old child."My finger came in the door when I was six, and it got cut," Parthiv said while speaking in a new series called Cow Corner Chronicles.The 35-year-old added that he tapes the little finger to ensure it remains intact when he plays as the cut finger doesn't fit inside his keeping gloves."It is slightly difficult in a way because the last finger doesn't fit in the wicket-keeping gloves. So I tape it down the gloves so that it stays jointed. I don't know how it would've been if I had all the fingers, but when I look back, it feels good to represent India as a wicketkeeper with nine fingers," Parthiv added.Parthiv has played 25 Tests and 38 ODIs for India and was part of India's playing XI in Johannesburg Test win on the 2017-18 tour to South Africa in his last international appearance.He was part of India's Test squad during their historic series win in Australia in 2018-19. Parthiv didn't play a single Test in that series.
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