Rajat Patidar is an Indian international cricketer. He is a right-handed top-order batter and also bowls off-spin. He plays domestic cricket for Madhya Pradesh cricket team and captains Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League. In 2025, under his captaincy, the team won their first IPL title.
After a strong domestic season and good performances in the 2022 IPL, Patidar was selected in the ODI squad against South Africa. In February 2023, he was again named in the ODI squad for the series against New Zealand national cricket team as an injury replacement for Shreyas Iyer, but he did not play in those matches.
Patidar made his ODI debut on 21 December 2023 against South Africa and scored 22 runs from 16 balls. He made his Test debut on 2 February 2024 in the second match of the series, scoring 32 runs in the first innings and 9 runs in the second innings.
Rajat Patidar Records and Achievements
Rajat Patidar scored an unbeaten 112 off 54 balls for Royal Challengers Bengaluru against Lucknow Super Giants in the eliminator of the Indian Premier League 2022.
In the 2022 IPL season, he finished as the third-highest run-scorer for Royal Challengers Bengaluru with 333 runs at a strike rate of 152.75.
He scored a century on his first-class debut for Madhya Pradesh cricket team in the 2015–16 domestic season and followed it with another hundred in the next match.
Patidar scored a crucial century in the final of the Ranji Trophy 2022 against Mumbai cricket team, helping Madhya Pradesh cricket team win the title after 69 years.
He joined Royal Challengers Bengaluru ahead of the IPL 2021 season and returned as a replacement player in 2022, where he produced his breakthrough performance.
Rajat Patidar Career Stats
Rajat Patidar has played 3 Test matches for India. In those games, he scored 63 runs. During these innings, he hit 9 fours and no sixes. Patidar has played 1 ODI match. In that game he scored 22 runs. His innings included 3 fours and 1 six.
In domestic first-class cricket, Patidar has played 77 matches and scored 5,509 runs. He has made 16 centuries and 27 fifties. In List A matches, he has played 67 games and scored 2,278 runs. He has scored 4 centuries and 13 half-centuries.
| Batting | ||||||
| Format | Mat | Runs | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| Tests | 3 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| ODIs | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| FC | 77 | 5509 | 16 | 27 | 743 | 46 |
| List A | 67 | 2278 | 4 | 13 | 233 | 53 |
Rajat Patidar Personal Life
Rajat Patidar was born in Madhya Pradesh and grew up in Indore. His family background is simple. His father, Manohar Patidar, runs a business that sells pumps and machines. His older sister worked as a college professor before her marriage.
From a young age, Rajat was focused mainly on cricket. Even before the start of the Indian Premier League in 2008, he was already interested in the T20 format. When he was about 14 years old, he was serious about becoming a cricketer.
In 2014, he had reconstruction surgery on his right knee, which could have slowed his career. However, he did not give up and continued working towards playing professional cricket. His childhood coach Ram Atee from Vijay Cricket Club in Indore has described him as a very shy person.
In the eliminator match against Lucknow Super Giants, Patidar played a memorable innings. He scored an unbeaten 112 runs from 54 balls, hitting 12 fours and 7 sixes. It was his first century in T20 cricket, and he won the Player of the Match award.
His father later said that the family had expected around 50 runs from him in that match, so the century came as a pleasant surprise. Playing for Royal Challengers Bengaluru was also special for Patidar because it had always been his favorite IPL team, mainly because of Virat Kohli.
Rajat Patidar Contract
Rajat Patidar was not included in the latest central contract list released by the Board of Control for Cricket in India for the period October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026.
Patidar made his international debut for India in 2024 during a home Test series against England national cricket team. His most recent appearance for India also came in that England Test series in 2024.
Other players who were also removed from the contract list include Mohammed Shami, Sarfaraz Khan, and Mukesh Kumar.
FAQs
Q. When did Rajat Patidar made his international debut?
A. Rajat Patidar made his One Day International debut for India against the South Africa in 2023 at the age of 30.
Q. When did Rajat Patidar made his Test debut?
A. Rajat Patidar made his Test debut for India against England in Visakhapatnam.
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