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Rajat Patidar

Rajat Patidar
Personal information
Full name
Rajat Manohar Patidar
Born (1993-06-01) 1 June 1993 (age 31)
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleTop-order batter
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 310)2 February 2024 v England
Last Test15 February 2024 v England
Only ODI (cap 255)21 December 2023 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.87
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–presentMadhya Pradesh
2021–presentRoyal Challengers Bangalore
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 52 51 45
Runs scored 3795 1648 1466
Batting average 45.72 34.33 37.58
100s/50s 11/22 3/8 1/12
Top score 196 158 112*
Catches/stumpings 74/– 22/- 24/-
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 March 2023

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 for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League.[1] On 21 December 2023, he made his international debut against South Africa.

Early life

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Patidar was born on 1 June 1993 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.[2] 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.[3]

Education

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Patidar attended New Digamber Public School in Indore where he completed his primary and secondary education. He later graduated from Guru Vashishtha collage Dewas Madhya Pradesh

Domestic career

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He made his first-class debut on 30 October 2015 in the 2015–16 Ranji Trophy.[4] He made his Twenty20 debut for Madhya Pradesh in the 2017–18 Zonal T20 League on 8 January 2018.[5]

He was the leading run-scorer for Madhya Pradesh in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, with 713 runs in eight matches.[6] In August 2019, he was named in the India Blue team's squad for the 2019–20 Duleep Trophy.[7][8]

In February 2021, Patidar was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore (now Royal Challengers Bengaluru) in the IPL auction ahead of the 2021 Indian Premier League.[9] He managed to score only 71 runs in the four games he played and was subsequently released ahead of the 2022 Indian Premier League.

Patidar went unsold in the 2022 IPL Player Auction. Later, Patidar was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore mid-season as a replacement for the injured Luvnith Sisodia for INR 20 Lakhs.[10] On 25 May 2022, in the Eliminator match in the 2022 Indian Premier League, Patidar scored a match winning knock of 112* (54) against Lucknow Super Giants.[11][12] This proved to be a record-breaking innings for Patidar, as he became the first uncapped player to score a century in the playoffs stage of the Indian Premier League. This was also the joint-fastest century (49 balls) by a player in the playoffs stage, he equaled the record of Wridhiman Saha, who also scored a 49 ball century for the Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) in the 2014 IPL Finals.[13] Patidar ended the 2022 season with 333 runs scored in just 8 matches at an average of 55.50 with the help of a century and 2 half-centuries. Ahead of the 2023 Indian Premier League he was retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore. In IPL 2025 he was one of the 3 retentions of RCB. He was appointed as a captain for Madhya Pradesh for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

Additionally, he had an average of 55.50 and a strike rate of 152.75 and also played exceptionally well in the Ranji Trophy.[14]

International career

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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.[15] Later in February 2023 he was named in the ODI squad against New Zealand as an injury replacement for Shreyas Iyer.[16] 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.[17][18][19]

References

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  1. ^ "Rajat Patidar". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  2. ^ Know Your Challengers | Rajat Patidar. Royal Challengers Bangalore. 23 March 2021. Event occurs at 50s.
  3. ^ RCB Bold Diaries | Rajat Patidar Interview | IPL 2021. Royal Challengers Bangalore. 4 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Ranji Trophy, Group B: Baroda v Madhya Pradesh at Vadodara, Oct 30-Nov 2, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Central Zone, Inter State Twenty-20 Tournament at Raipur, Jan 8 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 2018/19 - Madhya Pradesh: Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Shubman Gill, Priyank Panchal and Faiz Fazal to lead Duleep Trophy sides". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Duleep Trophy 2019: Shubman Gill, Faiz Fazal and Priyank Panchal to lead as Indian domestic cricket season opens". Cricket Country. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  9. ^ "IPL 2021 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  10. ^ "IPLT20 - Player profile".
  11. ^ "IPL 2022 Eliminator: Rajat Patidar Slams 49-ball Ton To Make Up For RCB Triumvirate's No Show". NDTV. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  12. ^ "Rajat Patidar's sensational 49-ball century!". Sky Sports. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "Bangalore picks Wayne Parnell and Vyshak Vijay Kumar as replacements". Crickdom.news. 6 April 2023.
  15. ^ "India squad announced for SA ODI Series".
  16. ^ "BCCI TV - Patidar announced as replacement to Iyer".
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ "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.
  19. ^ "IND vs ENG, 2nd Test at Visakhapatnam". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
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