“Well played, Champ”: RCB extol Rajat Patidar for scoring century in India A vs New Zealand A Test at Chinnaswamy Stadium

RCB extol Rajat Patidar: The India A batter is on the verge of playing a career-best knock in first-class cricket.

During the third day of the first Test of the ongoing New Zealand A’s tour of India in Bengaluru, India A batter Rajat Patidar became the third centurion of the match to cash in on the batting-friendly conditions.

Coming in to bat at No. 4 in the second over of the day, Patidar remained unbeaten to walk back after scoring 170* (241) with the help of 14 fours and four sixes.

Patidar, who shared a 104-run partnership for the third wicket with fellow centurion Abhimanyu Easwaran (132), is in the middle of a 167-run fifth-wicket partnership alongside Tilak Varma (82*).

In what is Patidar’s ninth first-class century, the 29-year old player has a chance of going past his career-best score of 196 and register a maiden first-class double century tomorrow.

RCB extol Rajat Patidar for scoring century in India A vs New Zealand A Test at Chinnaswamy Stadium

With this India A vs New Zealand A series not available for viewing on any television or streaming platform, details about the kind of shots Patidar played aren’t available.

That being said, having brought up a century at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Patidar couldn’t help but allure the attention of his Indian Premier League franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Readers must note that the right-handed batter had scored a maiden IPL century in IPL 2022 Eliminator between Lucknow Super Giants and Bangalore at the same venue in May this year.

A month later, Patidar scored a century in Ranji Trophy final to follow it with today’s knock. With Patidar’s last three centuries in representative cricket coming here, RCB were quite pinpoint in observing his Bengaluru connection.

Having made his IPL debut only last year, Patidar has scored 404 runs in 11 innings at an average and strike rate of 40.40 and 144.29 respectively.