Rajat Patidar has emerged as a crucial player for Royal Challengers Bangalore in recent times, due to which he will be seen leading the team this year.
Rajat Patidar comes to bat in the middle order for Royal Challengers Bangalore and plays very well against spin bowlers. In the last edition, Rajat Patidar scored 395 runs for Bangalore while batting with a strike rate of 177. He has been consistently playing important innings for his team.
Rajat Patidar not only took Royal Challengers Bangalore to the qualifiers by playing a brilliant innings of 112 runs in the Eliminator match in 2022 but also attracted the attention of cricket fans. Rajat Patidar is the first uncapped player in IPL history to score a century in an IPL playoff match.
After a fantastic IPL campaign, the selectors included him in the team for the ODI series against South Africa. In 2023, due to the injury of Shreyas Iyer, he was also included in the squad against New Zealand. However, Rajat Patidar has not yet made his international debut.
Here we’ll look at the career stats, records, and salary of Rajat Patidar in every IPL season.
Rajat Patidar 2025 IPL Team and Price:
| Year | Price | Team |
| 2021 | 20.00 Lac | Bangalore |
| 2023 | 20.00 Lac | Bangalore |
| 2024 | 20.00 Lac | Bangalore |
| 2025 | 11.00 Cr. | Bangalore (Retained) |
Rajat Patidar started his IPL career with Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2021. That year, Royal Challengers Bangalore included Rajat Patidar in their squad at a base price of 20 lakhs. In 2022, Royal Challengers Bangalore released Rajat Patidar from their squad and initially remained unsold in the auction. However, his luck changed when Royal Challengers Bangalore brought him back to the squad as an injury replacement.
In 2022, Rajat Patidar played a brilliant innings of 112 runs in the eliminator, taking the team to the qualifiers. This performance made him an integral part of the team.
2023 was unfortunate for Rajat Patidar. This year, he was ruled out of the tournament due to injury.
In 2024, Rajat Patidar made a strong comeback to the team, fully fit and delivered an outstanding performance, scoring 395 runs in the edition. Due to some important innings played in 2024, the team retained him by giving him a huge amount of 11 crores in the Mega Auction. Not only that, Rajat Patidar was also appointed as the new captain of the team.
Rajat Patidar IPL Career Stats:
| Year | Match | Runs | HS | WKTS | BBM | Econ |
| 2024 | 15 | 395 | 55 | 0 | – | – |
| 2022 | 8 | 333 | 112* | 0 | – | – |
| 2021 | 4 | 71 | 31 | 0 | – | – |
Rajat Patidar has played 27 matches for Royal Challengers Bangalore so far. The first season was not special for Rajat Patidar, but in 2022 and 2024, he has cemented his place in the team by scoring more than 300 runs.
Rajat Patidar proved his mettle by scoring a century in 49 balls in the eliminator match against Lucknow. He is the second fastest batsman to score a century in IPL Playoff after wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha.
In 2022, Rajat Patidar scored 333 runs in 8 matches at an average of 55. In 2024 too, Rajat Patidar performed very well and scored 395 runs, due to which the team retained him in the Mega Auction. This year, Rajat Patidar will once again be seen in the red jersey for Royal Challengers Bangalore.