Duleep Trophy 2025 Final: Rajat Patidar makes huge statement with century in final against South Zone
Rajat Patidar has been booming in the Duleep Trophy 2025. After playing confident knocks in the quarterfinal and semifinal, the batter scored a hundred in the final against South Zone on Friday, September 12, at BCCI COE Ground 1, Bengaluru.
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Rajat Patidar has been booming in the Duleep Trophy 2025. After playing confident knocks in the quarterfinal and semifinal, the batter scored a hundred in the final against South Zone on Friday, September 12, at BCCI COE Ground 1, Bengaluru.
After guiding Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) to their maiden IPL title in 2025, Patidar got a sudden opportunity to lead Central Zone as well in the Duleep Trophy as Dhruv Jurel was ruled out from quarter-final and semi-final matches due to injury concerns. Patidar welcomed the opportunity with both arms and started to make statements with the bat. Team selectors of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) must have taken note of how he performed with delight as a batter while leading a team in the knockout phase.
Patidar's Duleep Trophy 2025 run tally is not only about resilience but also about scoring runs according to the situation of the matches. He batted with confidence and pushed the paddles whenever he spotted an opportunity. The 32-year-old has now enough maturity to understand when the team needs what.
A timely century from captain Rajat Patidar in Duleep Trophy 2025 final
In the final match, when the middle-order batter walked out in the middle, Central Zone was already 3 wickets down before registering 100 on the scoreboard. Danish Malewar, the opener who scored 53, also went back to the pavilion. It was a situation when the skipper had to build something from scratch with a fresh batting partner, Y. V. Rathod, who joined Patidar after the departure of Malewar. Together they stitched a partnership of 167 runs against 205 deliveries. Patidar scored 101 off 115 with 12 boundaries and a couple of sixes to pull his team out from a possible danger.
In three consecutive Duleep Trophy 2025 matches, including the final, Rajat accumulated 369 runs in 4 innings, which took his batting average over 90.
Captain Rajat Patidar in the Duleep Trophy 2025:
- 125 (96) & 66 (72) in Quarter Final
- 77 (84) in Semi-Final
- 101 (115) in Final
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