Cricket: In the 62nd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024) on Sunday, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 47 runs. This is his fifth consecutive win in the current tournament. Not only this, they also became the first team to win five consecutive matches in the current season. Even RCB now has a chance to qualify for the playoffs.

At the same time, RCB's star batsman Rajat Patidar has shown great talent in the last few matches. He played an innings of 52 runs in 32 balls against Delhi on Sunday, which included 3 sixes and as many fours. During this, the right-handed batsman also hit a brilliant cover drive. In such a situation, former Australian fast bowler Brett Lee has compared Patidar's drive with that of powerful batsman Virat Kohli.

Brett Lee, 47, said, “I saw a shot played by Rajat Pattidar and I thought Virat Kohli was batting. He has scored his fifth half-century in the current season alone. He played Test cricket.”

He further said, “But he did not bat well in that, but every shot he played today surprised me.”

Rajat Patidar has performed brilliantly this season

If we talk about Patidar's performance in the current IPL season, so far he has scored 320 runs in 13 matches at an average of 29 and strike rate of 180. During this period, Rajat has scored 5 half-centuries. His highest individual score is 55 runs. If we look at the overall IPL career of the 30-year-old player, Patidar has scored 724 runs in 25 matches at a strike rate of around 35 and 160. His name is 7 Fifty. The highest score of the right-handed batsman is 112* not out. He has also scored a century in his IPL career.

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