New Delhi. Royal Challengers Bangalore Batsmen Rajat Patidar (Rajat Patidar) Today there is no fascination for any name. Rajat played a key role in his team’s victory by scoring a brilliant century against Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL 2022 Eliminator (IPL) match. This match winning innings of Rajat is being praised a lot. Former RCB Captain Virat Kohli (Virat Kohli) has also praised Patidar’s innings. After hearing his praise from the senior player of the team, Patidar has expressed his gratitude by sharing a photo of himself with Virat Kohli on social media.
28-year-old right-handed batsman Rajat Patidar scored an unbeaten 112 off 54 balls in the match against Lucknow Super Giants. RCB had set a huge target of 208 runs in front of LSG on the basis of this brilliant innings played by Rajat Patidar at the historic Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Patidar was not bought by any franchise in the IPL 2022 Mega Auction. After Lavneet Sisodia’s injury in the middle tournament, Rajat Patidar was added by RCB for his base price of Rs 20 lakh.
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Rajat Patidar and Virat Kohli.
Rajat Patidar has posted a photo of himself with Virat Kohli on his Twitter handle. Patidar tagged Virat with the caption, ‘Thank you @imVkohli for trusting me!’ Against the Super Giants, Rajat came to the crease to bat when captain Faf du Plessis had returned to the pavilion after getting out on the very first ball. Virat Kohli and Glenn Maxwell were also dismissed cheaply in this important match. Despite this, Rajat showed great restraint, along with Dinesh Karthik, took the team out of trouble by sharing 92 runs in 41 balls. In the last five overs, these two batsmen added 84 runs.
Virat Kohli said this about Rajat
Virat had said, ‘I told Patidar after the match that over the years I have seen many impressive innings and innings played under pressure. But haven’t seen many better innings than Rajat Patidar’s innings. An uncapped player scored the first century in a big match under pressure. It was an important match and I was feeling stressed. Because I have been in situations where you have to cross a boundary as a team. What Patidar did was special. I don’t think it should be taken lightly.
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Tags: IPL, IPL 2022, Rcb, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Virat Kohli
May 27, 2022, 17:05 IST