Key Points
Patidar becomes 2nd RCB captain after Kohli with Chepauk 50+
Made comeback after missing 2023 IPL season
Scored historic playoff century as uncapped player in 2022
Named RCB captain for IPL 2025
With this half-century, Patidar has joined the elite list alongside Virat Kohli, who achieved the milestone back in 2013. Patidar rose to prominence during the 2022 IPL eliminator with a stunning century against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), becoming the first uncapped player to score a century in an IPL playoff that shot the right-hander into stardom. Despite a series of injuries that kept him out of the 2023 season, Patidar made an impressive comeback in IPL 2024. Following his exceptional performances, he was named the RCB captain ahead of IPL 2025.
After CSK won the toss and opted to field first, Phil Salt put RCB to a fine start, striking Ravichandran Ashwin for two fours and a six in the second over. On the other end, Virat Kohli was trying to connect against pacers and spinners alike but struggled to do so.
A catch from skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad on a Ravichandran Ashwin delivery ended Padikkal's brief cameo of 27 in 14 balls, with two fours and two sixes. Noor (3/36) was the pick of the bowlers for CSK. Also, Pathirana got two wickets and Ashwin and Khaleel got one wicket each.
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Matheesha Pathirana, Noor Ahmad, Ravichandran Ashwin, Devon Conway, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran, Shaik Rashid, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Deepak Hooda, Gurjanpreet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishnan Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddarth.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rajat Patidar (c), Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Salam, Suyash Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethel, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chhikara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee.
Comments:
Rahul K.
Patidar's comeback story is so inspiring! From injuries to captaincy - what a journey 👏
Priya M.
That 2022 century against LSG was magical. Still remember how he took apart the bowling attack!
Vikram S.
Good innings but RCB still lost. Need more consistency from the middle order if they want to win trophies.
Ananya P.
Kohli must be proud seeing his successor performing well. Passing the torch moment for RCB!
Sanjay T.
Chepauk is such a tough ground for visitors. Scoring 50 there as captain is a big achievement, especially joining Kohli in that list.
