Royal Challengers Bangalore seem to have caught a 2nd wind as the tournament moved into the final stages. The Faf Du Plessis led side had to wait to see if Mumbai wins the game against Delhi on Saturday. The RCB unit was over the moon when Mumbai beat Delhi which meant that they had qualified for the play offs. In the first eliminator which took place at the Eden Gardens at Kolkata, RCB were locking horns with yet another team in form in KL Rahul led Lucknow Super Giants.
Rajat Patidar smashes the ball into LSG dugout breaking the fridge –
RCB found an unlikely hero in Rajat Patidar as the 28 year old Madhya Pradesh became the first uncapped batsman to score a IPL century in the play-offs stage. The 28 year old went all guns blazing after Ravi Bishnoi and smashed him for 27 runs in over. The incident happened during the last ball of the Bishnoi’s over. The leg spinner bowled a slow loopy delivery to Patidar, who smacked deep into the LSG dugout and broke the fridge in the process. The shot even had a few in the LSG dugout looking for cover, such was the ferocity of the shot.
Patidar plays an innings of a lifetime –
RCB were put into bat and lost the wicket of Faf Du Plessis for a first ball duck when he was caught behind off Mohsin Khan. Rajat Patidar strode to the wicket and began to go after the LSG bowlers. Kohli struggles to 24 ball 25 while Maxwell scored just 9 as Mahipal Lomror too did not do much with the bat. It was the stand between Karthik and Patidar that helped RCB reach a huge 207 on the board. Patidar ended with 112 not out while Karthik scored a breath taking 37 not out.
Bhai rajat patidar kya player hai abhitak ka sabse best uncapped player laga mujhe.. kya sixes pelta hai bey
— Banna. (@iJaideep_) May 25, 2022
A 1⃣0⃣0⃣ off just 4⃣9⃣ balls for Rajat Patidar 🔥🔥🔥
Gets to his maiden @IPL ton with the help of 11 fours and 6 sixes#IPL2022 #LSGvRCB #RCBVSLSG #Eliminator pic.twitter.com/V9Loxg2thr
— Shivangi Singh (@Shivang72708448) May 25, 2022
Rajat Patidar has 80 runs in fours and sixes as he reaches his century. Near-perfect T20 innings.
— Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee) May 25, 2022
Thanks to dhoni who gave some memorable tips to patidar for hitting sixes pic.twitter.com/sBdG4Asstj
— Hitman zindabad (@KrrishK43904676) May 25, 2022
Rajat Patidar will smash most sixes from #RCB against Lucknow.
Join in@itsPriynkaM @Mohitti778814 #RideBold #Giveaways #RCBvLSG #ContestAlert #Playoffs @BattReMobility
— Gaurav Gawade (@AshTonisher88) May 25, 2022
Last Ball Six Loding
Patidar— #TheWarriorOnJuly14th (@RampothineniDHR) May 25, 2022
Very happyy with the way Patidar dealt with Bishnoi
— Dracarys (@OneHandedSix) May 25, 2022
Oh my word.. That's a six!!! What a way to get to a maiden T20 century. Rajat Patidar!! You beauty.. The last time an uncapped Indian scored a century for @RCBTweets was way back in 2009. What an absolute cracker of an innings!! @IPL
— Venkata Narayanan (@vnkt_yuvian05) May 25, 2022