Rajat Patidar
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Full name | Rajat Manohar Patidar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India | 1 June 1993|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Top-order batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 310) | 2 February 2024 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 15 February 2024 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Only ODI (cap 255) | 21 December 2023 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–present | Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–present | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 20 March 2025 |
Rajat Manohar Patidar (born 1 June 1993) is an Indian International cricketer. He is a right-handed top order batter and off-spinner. He plays for Madhya Pradesh in domestic cricket and he is the captain of Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League.[1][2] On 21 December 2023, he made his international debut against South Africa.
Early life
Patidar was born on 1 June 1993 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.[3] His father is a businessman. He joined a cricket club when he was 8 years old and was later enrolled into an academy by his grandfather. He started his career as a bowler and started concentrating on batting after his U-15 levels.[4]
Domestic career
He made his first-class debut on 30 October 2015 in the 2015–16 Ranji Trophy.[5] He made his Twenty20 debut for Madhya Pradesh in the 2017–18 Zonal T20 League on 8 January 2018.[6]
He was the leading run-scorer for Madhya Pradesh in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, with 713 runs in eight matches.[7] In August 2019, he was named in the India Blue team's squad for the 2019–20 Duleep Trophy.[8][9]
In Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024-25, Rajat Patidar was named the captain for Madhya Pradesh cricket team where he was the 2nd run score of the tournament scoring 428 runs in 9 innings at an average of 61.14 and a strike rate of 186.08 with 5 half centuries. He also lead his team to finals and displayed one-man show performance scoring 81* (40b, 6x4, 6x6).
Rajat Patidar also holds the record of hitting the 5th fastest Century in Ranji Trophy scoring a 100 in just 68 balls against Haryana. His score at the end of this match was 159(102b, 13x4, 7x6).
IPL
In February 2021, Patidar was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL auction ahead of the 2021 Indian Premier League.[10] He managed to score only 71 runs in the four games he played and was subsequently released.
Patidar went unsold in the 2022 IPL auction but was later signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore as a mid-season replacement.[11] On 25 May 2022, in the Eliminator match in the 2022 Indian Premier League, he scored a match winning 112 not out against Lucknow Super Giants.[12][13] This proved to be a record-breaking innings for Patidar, as he became the first uncapped player to score a century in the playoff stage of the Indian Premier League. This was also the joint-fastest century (49 balls) by a player in the playoff stage.[14] Patidar ended the 2022 season with 333 runs scored in eight matches at an average of 55.50.
Ahead of the 2023 Indian Premier League he was retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore, but missed the IPL 2023 due to Achilles Heel injury.
In 2024 Indian Premier League he scored 395 runs in 13 innings at an average of 30.38 and at a strike rate of 177.13 which included 5 half-centuries.
When Patidar was retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore ahead of the 2025 Indian Premier League some analysts opined that he was in the race for the franchise's captaincy, especially with skipper Faf du Plessis not retained.[15] With Virat Kohli opting to continue just as a player[16] Patidar was appointed the new RCB captain for IPL 2025.[17]
International career
As a result of a phenomenal domestic season and his performances in 2022 IPL season, Patidar was named in the One-Day International (ODI) squad for the series against South Africa in the month of October.[18] Later in February 2023 he was named in the ODI squad against New Zealand as an injury replacement for Shreyas Iyer.[19] However he failed to make it to the playing eleven on both the occasions.
He made his ODI debut on 21 December 2023 against South Africa, where he scored 22 runs in 16 balls.
In January 2024, he was named as a replacement for Virat Kohli in India's squad for the first two matches of the test series against England. He made his Test debut on 2 February 2024 in the second match of the series, scoring 32 and 9 runs in the first and second innings, respectively.[20][21][22]
References
- ^ "Rajat Patidar". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- ^ "Rajat Patidar appointed new RCB captain for IPL 2025". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ Know Your Challengers | Rajat Patidar. Royal Challengers Bangalore. 23 March 2021. Event occurs at 50s.
- ^ RCB Bold Diaries | Rajat Patidar Interview | IPL 2021. Royal Challengers Bangalore. 4 May 2021.
- ^ "Ranji Trophy, Group B: Baroda v Madhya Pradesh at Vadodara, Oct 30-Nov 2, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- ^ "Central Zone, Inter State Twenty-20 Tournament at Raipur, Jan 8 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Ranji Trophy, 2018/19 - Madhya Pradesh: Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ "Shubman Gill, Priyank Panchal and Faiz Fazal to lead Duleep Trophy sides". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ "Duleep Trophy 2019: Shubman Gill, Faiz Fazal and Priyank Panchal to lead as Indian domestic cricket season opens". Cricket Country. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ "IPL 2021 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "IPLT20 - Player profile".
- ^ "IPL 2022 Eliminator: Rajat Patidar Slams 49-ball Ton To Make Up For RCB Triumvirate's No Show". NDTV. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ^ "Rajat Patidar's sensational 49-ball century!". Sky Sports. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ^ "Full list of milestones conquered by RCB's Rajat Patidar during his epic 112 not out vs LSG in IPL 2022 Eliminator". Hindustan Times. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Faf du Plessis bids goodbye to RCB with an emotional message after IPL auction". India Today. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "Virat Kohli would have declined RCB captaincy to focus on batting: Kris Srikkanth". India Today. 15 February 2025. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "Rajat Patidar appointed new RCB captain for IPL 2025". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 12 March 2025. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "India squad announced for SA ODI Series".
- ^ "BCCI TV - Patidar announced as replacement to Iyer".
- ^ Krishna B, Venkata (25 January 2024). "IND vs ENG: Rajat Patidar joins Test squad in place of Virat Kohli for England series". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "India vs England: Rajat Patidar debuts, picked ahead of Sarfaraz Khan for 2nd Test in Vizag". India Today. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "IND vs ENG, 2nd Test at Visakhapatnam". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 February 2024.