Know About Rajat Patidar, The Batsman Who Has Replaced Shreyas Iyer in The Indian Squad

 Rajat Patidar: Do you know Rajat who opted for 22 yards instead of shouldering the family business?

IND vs NZ: Team India will take on Tom Latham's New Zealand in the ODI series today, Wednesday.  Star middle-order batsman Shreyas Iyer has been ruled out by a back injury before the series against the Kiwis begins.  Rajat Patidar got a chance to replace him in the Indian team.  Know this cricketer?

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Rajat Patidar was born in a business family of Madhya Pradesh.  They had a pipe business.  That is why Rajat's parents wanted their son to join the family business in the future.  (Photo-PTI)

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Rajat was never interested in joining the family business.  As you think, so do you.  Rajat Patidar chose cricket as his profession.  (Photo-PTI)

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29-year-old right-handed batsman Rajat Patidar plays domestic cricket for Madhya Pradesh.  The 2018-19 season is memorable for the Ranji silverware.  That time he scored 713 runs in eight matches at an average of 54.84 for Madhya Pradesh.  (Photo-PTI)

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Rajat Patidar made his first-class cricket debut in 2015.  A month later, Rajat's career in the list also started.  (Photo-PTI)

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Rajat, who started his career as a bowler, changed his decision and focused on batting.  After the Under-15 tournament, he gave up bowling and turned to batting.  (Photo-PTI)

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This is not the first time Rajat Patidar has been called up to the national team.  After performing well in the IPL and domestic cricket, Rajat earned a call-up to the Indian squad for the 3-match ODI series against South Africa.  Although he did not make his debut in international cricket.  (Photo-Rajat Patidar Instagram)

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In 2021, Rajat made his debut in the RCB jersey in IPL.  So far Rajat has scored 404 runs in 12 matches in IPL.  It is to be noted that there was no place for silver in the 2022 IPL auction.  RCB's Luvnith Sisodia got injured and luck changed for Rajat.  (Photo-Twitter)

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After that, Rajat scored 333 runs in 8 matches in the last IPL.  Out of which there was a century and 2 fifties.  Of particular note is Rajat's 54-ball 112-run innings against Lucknow Super Giants in the Eliminator.  (Photo-Twitter)