Rajat Patidar's Indian Premier League profession has been a roller-coaster experience! Acquired by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2021, he solely managed to register 71 runs in 4 matches in IPL 2021, and was launched forward of the public sale in 2022. He went unsold within the public sale, however was later signed by RCB mid-season as a alternative for injured Luvnith Sisodia for 20 lakhs.
In IPL 2022, he bagged a record-breaking ton within the Eliminator match towards Lucknow Tremendous Giants, as he smacked a match-winning knock of 112* off 54 balls. He turned the primary uncapped participant to get a century within the IPL playoffs, and it additionally turned the joint-fastest century (49 balls) by a participant within the playoff stage, he equaled the file of Wriddhiman Saha, who additionally scored a 49- ball ton for PBKS in IPL 2014 finals.
The 30-year-old was as soon as once more in good type on Thursday, smacking a half-century towards Sunrisers Hyderabad. Patidar slammed 50 runs off 20 balls, full of two fours and 5 sixes, as RCB reached 206/7 in 20 overs.
He showcased his shot choice to its fullest capacity within the 11th over towards spinner Mayank Markande, smacking 4 sixes in a row. Receiving an overpitched tossed up full supply, Patidar first launched Markande over long-off for an 86m six, adopted by one other most. Then he clobbered him over deep midwicket to make it three out of three, adopted by one other six over deep further cowl.
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Patidar is at present RCB's fourth highest run-scorer this season with 211 runs in 9 matches. Virat Kohli is RCB's highest run-scorer with 430 runs, and he’s additionally the Orange Cap chief. In the meantime, Faf du Plessis (264) and Dinesh Karthik (262) are in second and third place respectively. Patidar will likely be wanting so as to add extra runs to his tally as RCB look to revive their crumbling IPL 2024 marketing campaign.
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