He has once again presented the proof of why Rajat Patidar is considered such an excellent batsman. This batsman played a stormy century against Haryana in Ranji Trophy. Playing for Madhya Pradesh, Rajat scored 159 runs in 102 balls in the first innings. Rajat’s bat scored 159 runs in 102 balls and this player scored 94 runs only with sixes and fours. Rajat hit 13 fours and 7 sixes in his innings. Rajat scored runs at a strike rate of 155 on the Indore pitch.
Miracle of Rajat Patidar
Rajat Patidar scored a century in just 68 balls, which is the fourth fastest century in Ranji Trophy. Rajat Patidar thrashed three quality bowlers of Haryana during his century. Harshal Patel, Jayant Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal were playing for Haryana but Rajat did not spare these players also.
RAJAT PATIDAR, Batting at No. 3 for Madhya Pradesh, waltzed to his first hundred of the season in only 68 balls, setting the record for one of the fastest hundreds ever in the tournament.
Fastest Ranji Trophy hundreds being –
48 balls Rishabh Pant (2016/17)
56 balls Riyan pic.twitter.com/5ls5eanItD— Dev (@devx_18k) October 29, 2024
Patidar is walking out of Team India
Rajat Patidar made his debut in the Test series against England last year. However, he proved unsuccessful in this series. Rajat Patidar scored only 63 runs in 3 matches. His average remained only 10.50. Patidar had hit 9 fours in that series. After poor performance, this player was dropped from Team India and he was not selected again. But now Rajat Patidar has again started staking his claim by playing excellent innings.
