SRH vs RCB: Watch: Rajat Patidar destroys Mayank Markande with four sixes in a row and scores fifty off 19 balls

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Rajat Patidar, Mayank Markande


For the second game in a row, Rajat Patidar scored a fifty in IPL 2024 as his brilliant knock gave Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s innings the much-needed boost in the ongoing game against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.

Batting first, RCB got off to a fast start with Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis adding 48 runs in less than four overs. T Natarajan broke the stand by dismissing du Plessis for 25. The RCB captain’s dismissal slowed the pace of the run as RCB finished the powerplay at 61 for 1.

SRH further strengthened their grip on the game when Mayank Markande dismissed Will Jacks in the seventh over to reduce RCB to 66 for 2. RCB desperately needed a quick hit from one of their batsmen and Rajat Patidar rose to the occasion.

The right-handed batsman fired on all cylinders from the beginning and completed his fifty in just 19 balls. The highlight of the knock was the way he took Mayank Markande to the cleaners and hit him for four sixes in a row. In the 11th over, the right-handed batsman went all out against the leg-spinner. After Virat Kohli took a single to give Rajat Patidar the strike, the RCB batsman hit Markande for four sixes in a row.

Fastest 50 for RCB in IPL by balls faced17 C Gayle vs PWI Bengaluru 201319 R Uthappa vs PK Bengaluru 201019 R Patidar vs SRH Hyderabad 2024 *21 AB de Villiers vs RR Jaipur 201221 R Patidar vs KKR Kolkata 2024

Watch: Rajat Patidar hits Mayank Markande for four sixes in a row:

Rajat Patidar had to leave in the next installment after turning fifty. Jaydev Unadkat dismissed him in the 13th over. Patidar scored 50 runs off 20 balls with the help of two fours and five sixes.

He had also played a similar knock in the last match against Kolkata Knight Riders. Patidar had scored a 21-ball fifty against the two-time IPL champions, although RCB ended up losing the game by one run while chasing 223.

Talking about the ongoing game, RCB were at 166 for 5 in the 17th over while writing this report. Cameron Green and Dinesh Karthik were batting in the middle order for RCB.