Rajat Patidar is close to creating history in IPL 2026. A player who was not even bought in the auction but came in the middle of the season as an injury replacement. Then an entire season was missed due to injury. Then he made a strong comeback and captained a team like Royal Challengers Bangalore and won the title in the very first season. Now Rajat Patidar is going to win the title for the second consecutive time. Amidst all this, there is a demand for his selection in Team India but Rajat Patidar has made it clear that he is not paying any attention to this at all.
IPL 2026 final on Sunday 31st May Rajat Patidar That RCB will face Gujarat Titans. This match is going to be held in Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. A day before this match, Patidar came in front of the media and answered questions related to his journey from the final to the entire season. One of these questions was regarding selection in Team India.
What did Patidar say about the selection?
Looking at the performance of Rajat Patidar this season, there is a demand for his selection. Especially due to the poor form of current captain Suryakumar Yadav, Patidar has emerged as a contender. But Patidars are not thinking about it. When he was asked about his return to Team India, Rajat Patidar said, “I am not thinking about selection in Team India at the moment. It is not on my mind right now.”
Now the question is why did Patidar say this? He has made his debut for Team India in Test and ODI formats but he has been out of action for 2 years. In such a situation, he would also wish to make a comeback but Patidar actually said this because he wants to focus all his attention on the final against Gujarat, where he has a chance to create history by winning the IPL title for the second consecutive time.
Such was the performance of Team India
If we talk about Patidar’s journey in Team India, it has been very short. He played international cricket for the first time in ODI format in December 2023, where he opened against South Africa. But he could score only 22 runs in 16 balls. After this, in the Test series against England in 2024, Patidar got to play 3 Test matches but he failed in all three and could score only 63 runs in 6 innings. Since then he has not returned to the team.
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