Twitter explodes as Parthiv Patel makes comeback after 8 years

New Delhi: 31-year-old Parthiv Patel will replace injured Wriddhiman Saha in the 3rd Test match against England at Mohali, beginning on November 26.  The southpaw will return to the national Test side after 8 years.

Saha suffered a thigh strain and he is unavailable for the next game.

Parthiv made his debut against England as a 17-year-old and played his last Test match against Sri Lanka at Colombo in 2008.

Team : Virat Kohli (Capt), Ajinkya  Rahane, KL Rahul, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Karun  Nair, Parthiv Patel (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Jayant Yadav, Amit Mishra, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya

Hardik Patel got chance in India team then Urjit Patel became RBI gov. Now Parthiv Patel returns to Team.This is Modi's conspiracy~ Kejriwal

— ओमर अब्दुल्लाह (@abdullah_0mar) November 23, 2016

No Place For Delhi Players Like Gambhir & Rishabh Pant(wk) In Team India,But Gujarat's Parthiv Patel Comes In After 8 Yrs

Yahi To Scam H Ji pic.twitter.com/rnzn6Wv2Rx

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) November 23, 2016

Parthiv Patel recalled in Indian team because small notes are in trend.

— EngiNerd. (@mainbhiengineer) November 23, 2016

Welcome back @parthiv9 I hope you played very well in 3rd test match 26 November & best of luck for your Match.. pic.twitter.com/IvYstZzym8

— Satish Pandey (@satishk_pandey) November 23, 2016

कम ही लोगों का आठ साल तक का क्रिकेट कैरियर होता है वहीं एक #parthivpatel है जो आठ साल बाद टीम में वापसी करते है

बधाई @parthiv9 🎉

— Praveen Bajpai (@praveen_bajpai) November 23, 2016

No current player from either side (India & England) had played a Test when Parthiv Patel made his Test debut in 2002... https://t.co/k2K23FWW4U

— Navneet Mundhra (@navneet_mundhra) November 23, 2016