Rajat Patidar is an Indian international cricketer who represents Madhya Pradesh in local cricket and plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He is the top order batsman and the off-spin bowler of the right hand. He is known for hitting big shots. Patidar has been included in the Indian Test team for the Test series against England.
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Cricketer Rajat Patidar was born on June 1, 1993 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. His father’s name is Manohar Patidar, a businessman and his mother is a housewife. Rajat is a brother Mahendra Patidar and one sister Sunita Patidar. Rajat started playing cricket at a young age and worked hard to fulfill his dream of playing cricket for India. Rajat married Ratlam’s girl in July 2022. Rajat Patidar got his initial education at Indore’s New Digambar Public School. He later earned a bachelor’s degree from Indore University. He has trained in his grandfather’s Cricket Academy.
Rajat Patidar started his career as a bowler, but after the Under-15 he focused more on his batting. He later played cricket at the Under-19 and Under-22 levels for the Madhya Pradesh cricket team. On October 30, 2015, Patidar debuted first-class for Madhya Pradesh against Baroda in the 2015-16 Ranji Trophy. In his first two innings, Rajat Patidar impressed everyone by scoring half a century (60) and a century (101).
On December 11, 2015, Patidar debuted in the list against Saurashtra in the 2015-16 Vijay Hazare Trophy. In his first list A match, he scored 53 off 40 balls. On January 8, 2018, he made 38 runs against Rajasthan in the 2017-18 Zonal T20 League. He came into the debate after becoming the highest scorer for Madhya Pradesh by scoring 713 runs in eight matches in the 2018-19 Ranji Trophy. In 2019, he was included in the India Blue team for the 2019-20 Duleep Trophy.
Rajat Patidar has scored more than 4,000 runs in 56 first-class matches at an average of 45.40. During this period, he has scored 12 centuries and 22 half centuries. Patidar has scored an average of 36.09 in 58 list-A matches and 1985 runs at a strike rate of 98.80. In addition to three centuries, List A has 12 half centuries.
Rajat Patidar’s IPL Career
After the impressive performance in domestic cricket, Royal Challengers Bangalore bought Rajat Patidar for Rs 20 lakh at the IPL auction of 2021. On April 9, 2021, Patidar made a debut in the IPL against the Mumbai Indians. He scored only 71 runs in four matches in his first season. However, the RCB released it before the IPL auction of 2022. Patidar was sold in the IPL mega auction of 2022.
Later, Patidar was contracted by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 20 lakh in place of Lovnith Sisodia in the middle of the season. On May 25, 2022, in an eliminator match of the 2022 IPL, Patidar scored 112 off 54 balls and contributed significantly to his team’s victory. With this, Patidar became the first player to score a century in the IPL Playoff. It was also the fastest century jointly by any player in the playoff. He equaled Riddhiman Saha’s record for Kings XI Punjab in the 2014 IPL final.
In the 2022 season, Patidar scored 333 runs in just 8 matches with a century and two half centuries. Royal Challengers Bangalore retained it before the IPL of 2023, but did not have a chance to play in the 2023 season. However, at the IPL auction of 2024, RCB included Patidar in his team with Rs 50 lakh.
silver Patidar international cricket career
After the domestic cricket and impressive performance in the 2022 IPL season, Rajat Patidar was selected in the Indian ODI team for the series against South Africa. Later. In the ODI series against New Zealand in February 2023, the injured Shreyas Iyer was replaced. However, he did not have the opportunity to debut on both these occasions.
Finally, on December 21, 2023, Patidar debuted ODI against South Africa and scored 22 off 16 balls. After this, he was included in the Indian Test team instead of Virat Kohli for the first two matches of the Test series against England. Rajat Patidar made a Test debut in the second match of the series on February 2, 2024. Where he scored 32 runs in the first innings and 9 in the second inning. Later, Rajat Patidar was replaced by the injured Shreyas Iyer for the remaining three Test matches.
The international debut of silver Patidar
ODI Debut- December 21, 2023 against South Africa, played in the parl. Test Debut- February 2, 2024 against England at Visakhapatnam. T20I Debut – Has not yet. Rajat Patidar is the first uncaped player to score a century in the IPL Playoff. He scored an unbeaten 112 off 54 balls in the playoff match against the Lucknow Super Giants in the 2022 IPL.
