Royal Challengers Bangalore, who won their very first match of IPL 2023, got a big blow. Let us tell you that a batsman who batted brilliantly in the last IPL season is out of this serial and the name of that batsman is Rajat Patidar. Rajat is injured and due to this could not play in the first match. Royal Challengers Bangalore was hopeful that he would make a comeback but it is now difficult for him to return to the IPL. The Bangalore team has shared this information by tweeting. Bangalore has informed us that batsman Rajat has suffered a heel injury due to which he will not be able to play in the current season of IPL. The franchise has prayed for Rajat's speedy recovery.
* Working on injury in NCA :
Currently, Rajat Patidar is at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. There Patidar is working on his injury. They had reached here before the start of IPL and with this, it was clear that they would not be able to play in the first half of IPL. But now it has also been confirmed that he will not be able to play in the entire IPL season. Last season, the batsman rocked the field with a brilliant batting display and was instrumental in taking the team to the playoffs.
Let us tell you that last season, Rajat Patidar scored a total of 333 runs in 7 innings at a strike rate of 152.75. He finished third on the list of batsmen who scored the most runs for his team last season. In the last IPL season, he was included as a replacement and in this, he made a splash. Rajat Patidar scored a century in the playoffs. With this, he also became the fastest Indian batsman to score a century in the playoffs.
* These players are also out:
Let us tell you that along with the exclusion of Rajat Patidar, the list of injured players in Bengaluru has increased. The team's fast bowler Josh Hazlewood is also already injured. Reece Topley was also injured in the very first match. And Will Jacks also could not come in IPL-2023 due to injury.
