Uncapped player century in IPL list: Rajat Patidar highest score in IPL

Uncapped player century in IPL list: Rajat Patidar was all over the LSG bowlers like a rash, as he smashed a 49-ball ton at the Eden Gardens.

During the ‘Eliminator’ fixture of the ongoing 15th season of the Indian Premier League at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), on the back of a scintillating maiden IPL century by Rajat Patidar (112* off 54) tonked the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) pacers black and blue, to post a total of 207/4 after their 20 Overs.

Earlier, the RCB innings got off to a poor start with their skipper Faf du Plessis heading back towards the dug-out on a Golden Duck.

Patidar then joined hands with Virat Kohli (25 off 24), as the duo stitched together a 66-run stand for the second wicket off mere 46 deliveries.

The 28-year-old went after the bowling right from the get-go, with him taking 20 runs off Krunal Pandya during the final Over of the Powerplay, to begin with his stellar show tonight.

However, the actual damage was inflicted upon the LSG bowlers during the death Overs when the in-form Dinesh Karthik (37* off 23) joined him at the crease.

The duo collectively smashed 92 runs off 41 deliveries for the 5^th wicket, collecting 84 runs off the final five Overs.

Rajat Patidar..
What an innings.. Party Daar #RCBvLSG pic.twitter.com/FjIemT6MG5

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) May 25, 2022

Uncapped player century in IPL list (only the table has been updated)

Reaching his century in the 18^th Over with a six off Mohsin Khan, Patidar’s 49-ball century is now the fastest by an uncapped player in IPL history.

Morever, he also became the first uncapped player to smash a century in an IPL playoff fixture, and overall the 5th to hit a century in IPL history.

Rajat Patidar highest score in IPL

Playing only his second IPL season, Rajat’s 54-ball 112, comprising 12 fours and 7 sixes, is his highest score in the tournament.

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Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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