Rajat Patidar Powers Madhya Pradesh with Stunning Double Century in Ranji Trophy

nani-rayapati — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 15:56:10 GMT

Rajat Patidar

Indore, October 17, 2025: Rajat Patidar, captain of the Madhya Pradesh team, produced an extraordinary performance, scoring a magnificent double century in Ranji Trophy matches against Punjab at the Emerald High School Ground. Patidar's innings of 205 runs off 332 balls and with 26 fours came at a vital point in time when Madhya Pradesh had previously withered early and lost 4 wickets. His calm and composed captaincy helped the team reach a powerful position, enabling them to make extensive first-innings runs.

Patidar's innings was an incredible display of skill and patience. He built a strong partnership with Venkatesh Iyer, along with several others, enabling the Madhya Pradesh team to recover from early setbacks. This was Patidar's first double-century in Ranji Trophy cricket and his highest first-class run score, surpassing his previous best of 196. As both fans and his teammates poured praise for the feat, it was an example of true captaincy and batting quality.

Madhya Pradesh vs Punjab – Full Scoreboard

Punjab 1st Innings – 232 all out (84.3 overs)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Jaskaranvir Paul c Yash Dubey b Saransh Jain	15	38	2	0	39.47
Prabhsimran c Yash Dubey b Saransh Jain	4	11	1	0	36.36
Uday Saharan and Kumar Kartikeya	75	169	8	0	44.38
Anmolpreet Singh c Yash Dubey b Saransh Jain	0	4	0	0	0.00
Naman Dhir (c) lbw b Aryan Pandey	39	67	2	1	58.21
Nehal Wadhera, c; Rajat Patidar, b; Saransh Jain	23	50	4	0	46.00
Salil Arora (wk) b Arshad Khan	13	37	1	0	35.14
Krish Bhagat not out	39	80	4	1	48.75
Prerit Dutta run out (Arshad Khan)	2	7	0	0	28.57
Gurnoor Brar c Himanshu Mantri b Saransh Jain	19	41	0	1	46.34
Raghu Sharma lbw b Saransh Jain	0	3	0	0	0.00

Extras: 3 (lb 3) | Total: 232 all out

Fall of Wickets: 5-1, 22-2, 22-3, 88-4, 128-5, 155-6, 185-7, 188-8, 228-9, 232-10

Bowling:

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Kumar Kartikeya	23	4	48	1	2.10
Aryan Pandey	14	4	48	1	3.40
Saransh Jain	31.3	8	75	6	2.40
Venkatesh Iyer	3	0	12	0	4.00
Arshad Khan	11	2	33	1	3.00
Sagar Solanki	2	0	13	0	6.50

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Madhya Pradesh 1st Innings – 519/8 (146 overs)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Harsh Gawali st Salil Arora b Prerit Dutta	8	43	0	0	18.60
Yash Dubey lbw b Naman Dhir	23	34	2	0	67.65
Himanshu Mantri (wk) c Prabhsimran b Naman Dhir	40	76	5	1	52.63
Shubham Sharma c Jaskaranvir Paul b Naman Dhir	41	101	4	0	40.59
Rajat Patidar (c) batting	205	332	26	0	61.75
Venkatesh Iyer c Uday Saharan b Prerit Dutta	73	114	7	1	64.04
Kumar Kartikeya and Prerit Dutta	0	2	0	0	0.00
Saransh Jain, Salil Arora, and Prerit Dutta	30	66	3	0	45.45
Sagar Solanki and Nehal Wadhera	26	55	1	0	47.27
Arshad Khan batting	60	60	3	5	100.00

Extras: 13 (lb 6, nb 7) | Total: 519/8
Yet to bat: Aryan Pandey

Fall of Wickets: 34-1, 50-2, 98-3, 155-4, 302-5, 302-6, 371-7, 424-8

Bowling:

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Gurnoor Brar	20	2	75	0	3.80
Naman Dhir (c)	41	3	110	3	2.70
Prerit Dutta	39	3	145	4	3.70
Raghu Sharma	37	2	139	0	3.80
Krish Bhagat	5	0	32	0	6.40
Uday Saharan	10	4	0	0	4.00
Nehal Wadhera	3	0	8	1	2.70

At the end of Day 3 (2nd session), Madhya Pradesh led by 287 runs. Captain Rajat Patidar remains unbeaten on 205, and Arshad Khan is batting on 60, putting Madhya Pradesh in complete control of the game.