Samarth Chandrakant Patel (born 17 December 1988) is a Kenyan cricketer who made his debut for the Kenyan national side in 2011. Patel was born in

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to a family of Indian descent.Kenya / Players / Samarth Patel
– ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2016. He played for the Kenyan under-19s at the 2007 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship in South Africa, and opening the batting alongside Jeshani Naran scored 189 runs, the most for his team (and fourth overall). In the final against

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, he scored 92 runs from 119 balls, out of a team total of 218. Patel's debut for the Kenyan senior team came in July 2011, in a limited-overs game against the

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that was part of the World Cricket League Championship. He came in tenth in the batting order on debut, and scored only four runs. Patel made his first-class debut a few days later, in an Intercontinental Cup game against the same side. He scored 30 runs in the first innings and 14 in the second.ICC Intercontinental Cup, Kenya v United Arab Emirates at Nairobi (Gym), Jul 28-31, 2011
– ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2016. In the 2011–12 East Africa Premier League, Patel played for the Nairobi Buffaloes.

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