The Eliminator match between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2022 was indeed a nail-biting one. RCB led by Faf du Plessis were invited to bat first and they posted a total of 207 runs. LSG started picking runs very late and in the end, the KL Rahul side lost the game by 14 runs.
If someone grabbed the eyeballs in the match, then it was Rajat Patidar who mustered 112 runs in just 54 deliveries. He made a record since it was the fastest IPL century in the entire history of the game.
“Rajat Patidar did what Sanju Samson couldn’t. It was his night. Look at his wagon wheel, there were some huge hits through the on side but he played attractive strokes through the off side too. Simply superb innings,” said Hayden on Star Sports after the match.
The 28-year-old Patidar belongs to a business family. His family wanted him to join the business if his cricket didn’t work out but Patidar had other ideas. “He always wanted to play cricket and his interest in his family business was last. He just loved playing and the good part was that he never shied away from working hard.”
Journey of Rajat Patidar that you must know
The 28-year-old Patidar belongs to a business family. His family wanted him to join the business if his cricket didn’t work out but Patidar had other ideas. “He always wanted to play cricket and his interest in his family business was last. He just loved playing and the good part was that he never shied away from working hard.”
He was born on 1 June 1993 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Patidar started playing cricket when he was just 8 years old and got enrolled in the cricket academy by his grandfather. He started out as a bowler but started concentrating on his batting skills after his U-15 levels.
Career
Rajat Patidar made his first-class debut on 30 October in the 2015–16 Ranji Trophy. He made his Twenty20 debut for Madhya Pradesh in the 2017–18 Zonal T20 League on 8 January 2018. From Madhya Pradesh, he was the leading run-scorer in the 2018-19 Ranji Trophy. He piled up a mammoth of 713 runs in eight matches.
In 2019, he was a part of the Duleep Trophy squad. In 2021, RCB bought him in IPL Mega Auction. He finally caught everyone’s attention by scoring 100 runs in just 49 balls. In 2022, he played in four matches, where he scored 71 runs at an average of 17.75 and a strike rate of 114.52.
It was written in his destiny as many would claim since Royal Challengers had roped in Patidar as a replacement for the injured Luvnith Sisodia for the remaining games of IPL 2022.
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