Patel expressed frustration at the ruling but accepted responsibility for not checking the league's status before playing. According to Daily Mail - Sport, Patel described it as his mistake and said he 'probably wouldn't have played' had he known the consequences. He has retired from domestic cricket in England but will continue playing franchise cricket elsewhere. Patel said he would have liked 'one more year' of domestic cricket if not for the ban.
Patel played 60 times for England between 2008 and 2015 and made 629 appearances for Nottinghamshire over 22 years. He joined Derbyshire on a two-year white-ball deal in 2024 and left at the end of last year's T20 Blast. Patel and Ravi Bopara are the only two players to have featured in every edition of the Blast since 2003. Patel has applied to succeed Luke Wright as England's national selector. According to Daily Mail - Sport, Patel believes he has a good eye for talent and also supported Kevin Pietersen's view that Jacob Bethell should play in the IPL rather than county cricket ahead of the Test series against New Zealand.