RCB vs DC, IPL 2025: Is Rajat Patidar the missing piece of the jigsaw puzzle?

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is full of surprises and oddities. The overseas players have accounted for 53 of the 103 centuries, despite occupying a maximum of 4 slots in the playing XI. On the contrary, Indian bowlers have taken 24 of the 37 five-wicket hauls in the league.

However, the biggest oddity of the league will be the fact that Virat Kohli is the only Indian to have scored more than 1000 runs for RCB in the franchise's 18 years of existence. Even Gujarat Titans, the team which is playing its fourth season, has two Indian players—Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan—with 1000+ runs. Well, things are about to change for RCB.

Rajat Patidar on verge of making history

Virat Kohli, with 8168 runs, is the outright leading run-scorer of the IPL. He has five overseas stars in the 1000-club of RCB, and two Indians—Devdutt Padikkal (962) and Rajat Patidar (960)—are waiting to enter the record books.

Most runs for RCB in IPL:

Virat Kohli - 8168

AB de Villiers - 4491

Chris Gayle - 3163

Faf du Plessis - 1636

Glenn Maxwell - 1266

Jacques Kallis - 1132

Devdutt Padikkal - 962

Rajat Patidar - 960

Rajat Patidar, the intent machine

If one were to list the best hitters in IPL since 2024, the likes of Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sunil Narine, and Heinrich Klaasen would make the list, and the RCB captain's name might miss the cut. It is bound to happen, when you have a player of Virat Kohli's class and aura as your teammate.

Rajat Patidar is one of four batters to have scored 500+ runs in IPL at an average above 35 and a strike rate above 160. The other three are Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen and Shashank Singh.

Most fifty+ scores at 200+ strike rate since 2024

Travis Head - 5

Nicholas Pooran - 5

Rajat Patidar - 4

Patidar has also smashed 41 sixes compared to 37 fours since the start of the last IPL season. Once again, he finds himself in an exclusive list featuring the likes of Klaasen and Pooran—of players who have hit more sixes than fours in the league.

The man behind RCB's renaissance

If one were to list the best hitters in IPL since 2024, the likes of Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sunil Narine, and Heinrich Klaasen would make the list, and the RCB captain's name might miss the cut. It is bound to happen, when you have a player of Virat Kohli's class and aura as your teammate.

Rajat Patidar is one of four batters to have scored 500+ runs in IPL at an average above 35 and a strike rate above 160. The other three are Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen and Shashank Singh.

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