| Samarth Patel | |
| Fullname: | Samarth Chandrakant Patel |
| Birth Date: | 17 December 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm off-spin |
| Country: | Kenya |
| International: | true |
| Internationalspan: | 2011 |
| Date: | 2 February |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/216/216148/216148.html CricketArchive |
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 Nairobi to a family of Indian descent.[1] 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).[2] In the final against Namibia, he scored 92 runs from 119 balls, out of a team total of 218.[3] Patel's debut for the Kenyan senior team came in July 2011, in a limited-overs game against the United Arab Emirates that was part of the World Cricket League Championship.[4] He came in tenth in the batting order on debut, and scored only four runs.[5] 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.[6] In the 2011–12 East Africa Premier League, Patel played for the Nairobi Buffaloes.[1]