In the first innings of the first Test at Sydney Patil had reached 65 when just before the tea break on the first day, he was hit on the throat by Hogg.
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Continuing without a helmet, he was hit over the right ear by a bouncer by Len Pascoe in the first over after tea.
Pratibha Patil | Sandeep Nath | Vasantdada Patil | Jayant Patil | Balasaheb Vikhe Patil | Vimla Patil | Vijaysingh Mohite-Patil | Sharan Patil | Sandeep Sangha | Sandeep Patil | Sadashiv Patil | Gulabrao Patil | Bhaurao Patil |
Bombay had at their disposal some of the then current stars of the Indian cricket team, including Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Ashok Mankad, Sandeep Patil, Ravi Shastri and Balwinder Sandhu.