Not Josh Hazlewood or Jitesh Sharma!! Dinesh Karthik awards eye openers of IPL 2025 to this RCB player
Published - 01 Jun 2025, 07:46 PM | Updated - 01 Jun 2025, 11:37 PM
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batting coach Dinesh Karthik heaped praise on RCB skipper Rajat Patidar as their side qualified for the IPL final for the fourth time. Patidar has been an influential skipper for the side this season.
RCB retained Patidar but didn’t think that time that they would make Patidar the new skipper of the team. After the mega auction, they didn’t have many options to choose from and thus selected Patidar to lead the side.
Patidar didn’t let down the management and took his side to the IPL final in his very first stint.
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Dinesh Karthik on Rajat Patidar
Dinesh Karthik stated that the biggest eye-opener for him in life is Rajat Patidar. Dinesh Karthik thinks that when people suddenly get power, they tend to change, but Patidar remains the same throughout the season.
“Because when people suddenly get a little bit of adulation and power, they tend to change. It’s normal. Their behavioral pattern, the way they kind of interact. Somewhere, something will show. But with Rajat Patidar, what a guy he is. For someone who is a captain of RCB, and today he calls the shots, he has been exactly the same that he was before becoming the captain, Rajat.” Dinesh Karthik stated.
Patidar got the role because of his leadership skills in the domestic circuit, as he led Madhya Pradesh to the final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in the 2024-25 season. RCB had experienced players in the squad like Virat Kohli, Krunal Pandya, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, but the RCB management showed faith in him and appointed Patidar as skipper.
RCB’s sucess under Rajat Patidar
RCB closed out the league stage in the second position despite having multiple injuries in the camp. They won just one match at home, but RCB’s high was winning all away games in IPL 2025 was sensational.
Patidar was also injured in some matches and didn’t captain the side in a few matches. Josh Hazlewood, Jacob Bethell, and Devdutt Padikkal were ruled out of the tournament. RCB also lost Tim David and Phil Salt for a few matches during the tournament due to injuries.
Rajat Patidar’s IPL 2025 performance
Rajat scored 286 runs in 14 matches at an average of just 23.83 with a strike rate of 142.29. Patidar started the season very well, but he fell after that and was looking out of form in the last five matches.
RCB have qualified for the IPL 2025 final for the fourth time, and Patidar will eye to perform in the big final and help his side lift the first IPL title.
