| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rishi Ketan Patel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 July 1998 Chigwell, Essex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Essex (squad no. 12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Leicestershire (squad no. 26) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Birmingham Phoenix | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 26 March 2019 Essex v Cambridge MCCU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 28 April 2019 Essex v Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source:Cricinfo,27 September 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rishi Ketan Patel (born 26 July 1998) is an English cricketer. [1] He has played for Essex's Second XI side,and signed a professional contract with Essex in 2018. [2] [3] He made his first-class debut on 26 March 2019,for Cambridge MCCU against Essex,as part of the Marylebone Cricket Club University fixtures. [4] He made his List A debut on 28 April 2019,for Essex in the 2019 Royal London One-Day Cup. [5] In October 2020,he was signed by Leicestershire County Cricket Club on a three-year deal. [6] Patel made his Twenty20 debut on 10 June 2021,for Leicestershire in the 2021 T20 Blast. [7]
On 9 April 2023,he scored his maiden century in first-class cricket, [8] leading Leicestershire to defeat Yorkshire for the first time since 1910 by three wickets. [9]
Patel signed a new two-year contract with Leicestershire in February 2025. [10]