I never feel any pressure as I think I have the ability to make up for the dots: Rajat Patidar

In a star-studded batting line-up that comprises the big names of Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell, an unheralded moniker would put up a show for the ages that would echo through the fabric of time. Rajat Patidar’s blistering ton would leave the Lucknow bowlers reeling as he would tumble countless records at will.

The MP batsman spun into motion an IPL revolution that has called the determining shots in the play-offs, stitching together a tempestuous century that would set sails for the Promised Land. Patidar would talk at length at the presentation ceremony about how he paced his crucial knock.

Talking about his well-paced innings, he said, “When I time the ball, my focus was on it. The last over of the powerplay when Krunal was bowling to me, my execution went fine then and I got confident afterwards.”

Patidar would conclude by talking about his strategy of the exact timing of his heavy artillery. “I never feel any pressure as I think I have the ability to make up for the dots,” he explained.

Rajat Patidar would stitch together an unbeaten century and would eventually tumble a lot of records in the process, denting the telling blow to the aspirations of the IPL newbies who put up a phenomenal show till date to make the cut for the play-offs in their opening campaign.