Tikendra Patel (born 9 October 1965) is an Indian former first-class cricketer. Patel was born at Ahmedabad, later attending Queen's College at the University of Oxford in England. While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Somerset at Oxford in 1985. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until the end of the 1986 season, making a total of fifteen appearances. He scored a total of 222 runs in his fifteen matches, at an average of 10.57 and a high score of 47. In addition to playing first-class cricket, Patel also played minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 1983–85, making four appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.