Rajat Manohar Patidar (born 1 June 1993) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Madhya Pradesh in domestic cricket and for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League.[1] He is a right-handed top order batter and off-spinner.
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Full name | Rajat Manohar Patidar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1993-06-01) 1 June 1993 (age 29) Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–present | Madhya Pradesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
India A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 3 October 2022 |
Patidar was born on 1 June 1993 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.[2] He belongs to a businessman family. 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]
He made his first-class debut on 30 October 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 in the IPL auction ahead of the 2021 Indian Premier League.[9] On 25 May 2022, in the Eliminator match in the 2022 Indian Premier League, Patidar scored a 49-ball century against Lucknow Super Giants.[10][11]
Madhya Pradesh cricket team – current squad | |
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Royal Challengers Bangalore – current squad | |
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