Captain Rajat Patidar became the ‘troubleshooter’ of RCB in trouble, scored a brilliant fifty against Rajasthan.

By Samira Vishwas On Apr 11, 2026

RR vs RCB: In the match played between Rajasthan Royals and Royals Challengers Bangalore, RCB captain Rajat Patidar has once again proved why he is counted among the most reliable players of RCB.

RR vs RCB: In the match played between Rajasthan Royals and Royals Challengers Bangalore, RCB captain Rajat Patidar once again proved why he is counted among the most reliable players of RCB. RCB had a very bad start in this match and they lost their big wickets in the beginning itself. However, when his team was stuck in a difficult situation, Patidar played the role of a troubleshooter and took charge of his team with a brilliant half-century and took his team to a big score.

Rajat Patidar scored a brilliant half century

In this match played at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati, RCB captain Rajat Patidar played a brilliant inning of 63 runs in 40 balls with the help of 4 fours and 4 sixes. In this tour, he completed his half-century in 35 balls. Let us tell you, this is the 10th half-century of Patidar’s IPL career.

An outstanding knock for Rajat Patidar as wickets kept falling around him 👏
He is now only behind Virat Kohli for the most fifties by an Indian for RCB pic.twitter.com/OrZXPUaY2r
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) April 10, 2026

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Patidar took charge

After RCB suffered initial setbacks, captain Rajat Patidar took charge and played an important role in helping his team score beyond 200 by playing a brilliant inning of 63 runs. At one time, 6 batsmen of RCB had returned to the pavilion on the score of 94 runs, but Patidar took charge from one end and with small partnerships took his team to a big score. Patidar along with Romario Shepherd added 31 runs in 18 balls, apart from this he along with Venkatesh Iyer added 41 runs in just 19 balls.

Rajat Patidar IPL Career

Talking about the IPL career of current RCB captain Rajat Patidar, he made his IPL debut in the year 2021. He has played a total of 45 matches in this tournament so far, in which he has scored 1253 runs in 41 innings. During this period, he has scored 1 century and 10 half-centuries.