Mrunal Ketan Patel (born October 28, 1986) is an Indian-born American

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er who made his debut for the U. S. national side in July 2015. A left-handed

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and

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bowler, he earlier played for the U.S. under-19 side at the 2006 Under-19 World Cup. Born in

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, Gujarat, Patel played underage cricket for Gujarat representative sides before emigrating to the United States, including at under-19 level during the 2002–03 season (when he was only 16).Miscellaneous matches played by Mrunal Patel
– CricketArchive. Retrieved July 11, 2015. In early 2006, he was selected in the U.S. squad for the 2006 Under-19 World Cup in

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, and participated in the team's warm-up tour of India, hosted by the

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. At the World Cup, Patel played in all five possible matches for his team, all of which had under-19

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(ODI) status. He took four wickets, with of a best of 2/23 against the

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, and only three American players scored more runs at the tournament. Playing his club cricket in the Southern California Cricket Association, Patel did not again make a national squad until 2015, when he was a replacement for Japen Patel at the 2015 Americas Twenty20 Championship. He retained his place in the U.S. squad for the

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in Ireland and Scotland, and went on to make his

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debut in the opening match of the tournament, against

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. In January 2018, he was named in the United States squad for the

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tournament in the West Indies. He made his

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debut for the United States in the

on 31 January 2018. In June 2021, he was selected to take part in the

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tournament in the United States following the players' draft.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Patel, Mrunal 1986 births Living people American cricketers American people of Gujarati descent Indian cricketers Indian emigrants to the United States People from Gandhinagar Cricketers from Gujarat American sportspeople of Indian descent