Rakesh Bhanuprasad Patel (born 23 October 1978 in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...

, Gujarat, India

India

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), is an Indian cricketer who currently plays for the Ahmedabad Rockets

Ahmedabad Rockets

Ahmedabad Rockets was one of the nine teams played in the defunct Indian Cricket League. The captain is former Australian international batsman Damien Martyn...

 in the Indian Cricket League

Indian Cricket League

The Indian Cricket League was a private cricket league funded by Zee Entertainment Enterprises that operated between 2007 and 2009 in India...

.

Patel, primarily a right-arm fast-medium bowler, played 66 first-class matches for Gujarat

Gujarat cricket team

The Gujarat cricket team is one of three Ranji Trophy cricket teams representing the state of Gujarat . It was in the Elite Group of the Ranji Trophy although it has had very little success. There have, however, been many cricketers that have passed through its ranks and gone on to play for the...

 and Baroda

Baroda cricket team

The Baroda cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the city of Vadodara. The home ground of the team is the Moti Bagh Stadium on the palace grounds. The team is run by the Baroda Cricket Association. It has been one of the most successful teams in the Ranji Trophy in the new millennium...

 before signing for the ICL, where he first played for the Mumbai Champs

Mumbai Champs

Mumbai Champs was one of the nine teams played in the defunct Indian Cricket League . The team is based in Mumbai, India and its captain is former New Zealand batsman Nathan Astle.- Players :...

before moving to the newly formed Rockets team.

He scored six half-centuries at first-class level and took 234 wickets.