Rajat Patidar is enjoying his IPL 2024 stint with Royal Challenges Bengaluru (RCB), highlighted by his two half-centuries, one of which almost took RCB to victory before they lost by just one run to Kolkata Knight Riders in a last-ball thriller at the Eden Gardens on Sunday.
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Chasing KKR's 222 for 6, Patidar creamed 52 runs off just 23 balls and added 102 runs with Will Jacks (55 off 32) at a brisk pace to put RCB on course before both the set batsmen fell in the 12th over.
A late blitz by veteran Dinesh Karthik (25 off 18 balls) and Karn Sharma (20 off 7 balls) took RCB close, but Lockie Ferguson's run-out off the last ball of the match meant RCB were bowled out for 221 and lost by just one run.
The day after the match, on Monday, RCB showcased Patidar in a video feature, where the 30-year-old batsman from Madhya Pradesh relived his journey with RCB and beyond.
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Patidar was first signed by RCB for the 2021 season but was released after featuring in just four matches that year. In 2022, he returned to RCB as a replacement player and scored 333 runs in that edition to be the third highest run-getter for his team.
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Patidar rose to prominence with a dazzling display in the eliminator match of IPL 2022, where he hammered an unbeaten 112 runs off just 54 balls against Lucknow Super Giants. However, a heel injury forced him to miss IPL 2023.
Incidentally that eliminator in 2022 was also played at the Eden Gardens, which is why the RCB appropriately captioned the video - "Rajat Patidar and Eden Gardens: A match made in heaven."
