Royal Challengers Bangalore's Bold Move: Rajat Patidar Named Captain!

Before IPL 2025, the Royal Challengers Bangalore team has given a tremendous surprise to its fans by making a big bang. Royal Challengers Bangalore has appointed dashing batsman Rajat Patidar as its captain. 31-year-old Rajat Patidar has been with Royal Challengers Bangalore since the year 2021. Before the mega auction of IPL 2025, Rajat Patidar was retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore for a huge amount of Rs 11 crore.

Rajat Patidar has captaincy experience.

Rajat Patidar captains Madhya Pradesh in the domestic circuit. Rajat Patidar has a lot of experience in captaincy. Recently, under his captaincy, Rajat Patidar led Madhya Pradesh to the final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy. Rajat Patidar wreaked havoc in the 2024 Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy tournament season. Rajat Patidar expressed his desire to become the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in December 2024.

Created a storm in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy

Rajat Patidar scored 428 runs in 10 2024 Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy tournament matches at an average of 61.14. Rajat Patidar scored five half-centuries during this period. Rajat Patidar hit 31 sixes and 32 fours in this tournament while scoring at a strike rate of 186.09. Royal Challengers Bangalore is expected to get tremendous benefits in IPL 2025 due to Rajat Patidar's aggressive batting and calm behavior captaincy.

Rajat Patidar's record

Rajat Patidar has played 27 matches in his IPL career so far. Rajat Patidar has scored 799 runs in 27 IPL matches at an average of 34.74. Rajat Patidar has scored one century and seven half-centuries in his IPL career. Rajat Patidar has scored 4738 runs in 68 first-class matches, which includes 13 centuries and 24 half-centuries. At the same time, Rajat Patidar has scored 2211 runs in 64 List-A matches. In List-A career, Rajat Patidar has scored 4 centuries and 13 half-centuries. Rajat Patidar has scored 2463 runs in 75 overall T20 matches, which includes 1 century and 24 half-centuries.

Royal Challengers Bangalore full squad

Rajat Patidar (captain), Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chikara, Liam Livingstone, Krunal Pandya, Tim David, Jacob Bethell, Romario Shepherd, Swapnil Singh, Manoj Bhanage, Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasik Salam, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma, Nuwan Tushara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathi.