Rcb captain rajat patidar story: 17 years and 18 IPL season … The wait for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) finally ended. He has won his first trophy in IPL history. In the 18th season of the tournament, veteran player Virat Kohli with number 18 jersey got a chance to celebrate. The dream of this great batsman who played for the same team from the beginning was fulfilled. He lifted the trophy in front of about 90 thousand spectators at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Amazing captaincy

After the victory of RCB, Virat Kohli is getting the most discussion, but the contribution of captain Rajat Patidar in it is no less than anywhere. He finally made the team craving for the trophy for so many years. In the final, he made great changes in bowling, calming down on important occasions against Punjab Kings and brought the opposition team under pressure. When RCB scored 190 runs, most of the cricket pundits were that the Punjab team had a strong batting to achieve the target of 191 runs. However, this did not happen and the clever captaincy of Rajat Patidar gave RCB victory in the match by 6 runs.

Eighth captain of RCB

When RCB released its captain Faf Duplessis from the team before the 2025 IPL mega auction, everyone felt that Virat Kohli would take the captaincy again. However, Kohli refused to take the captaincy and the Rajat Patidar was handed over the command. This decision of RCB surprised everyone. Patidar came to the team in 2021 and soon also became captain. He is the eighth captain of the franchise.

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A century was held in 2022

Right -handed batsman Rajat has played 3 Tests and a ODI match for India so far. Rajat’s name shines in IPL 2022. He scored a century in the IPL 2022 eliminator match against Lucknow Super Giants. After this, in the second qualifier, his performance continued by scoring a half -century against Rajasthan Royals, but the team lost the match.

Connected with RCB as replacement player

Rajat was not to play in IPL 2022. Nobody bought him in the auction. He was unsold and decided to marry on 9 May 2022. Meanwhile, he was called from RCB. When Lavanith Sisodia was injured, he joined the team as a replacement player and then he did not look back. Virat praised silver in a video after RCB’s victory with AB de Villiers and also recalled his replacement player.

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Marriage was postponed for RCB

Rajat’s father Manohar Patidar had told in an interview in 2022, “The plan was that he will be married on 9 May.” It was going to be a small function and I also booked a hotel in Indore. The marriage was not going to be grand, so we did not get the invitation cards printed. I had booked a hotel for limited guests, but the booking has been carried forward as they received a call. Now we are planning to organize the ceremony in July. ”Rajat again married Gunjan in July.

Riten was for 11 rupees

RCB retained silver for Rs 11 crore before the IPL 2025 mega auction. The team also retained Virat Kohli and Yash Dayal. Rajat led Madhya Pradesh in the final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in the 2024/25 season. He got the captaincy of RCB and then now the team became champion. Rajat played 15 matches in the season and scored 312 runs. Now he will always be remembered as the captain of the first trophy to RCB.