Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Sunday (April 3) announced that they have signed Madhya Pradesh batter Rajat Patidar as a substitute for injured Luvinth Sisodia for the remainder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season.

The 28-year-old batter from Indore has scored 1397 runs in 43 List A matches, including three centuries and five half-centuries at an average of 30.75 and a strike rate of 138.64. Patidar has also played 39 first-class matches in which he has scored 2588 runs at an average of 40.43 with 14 fifties.

Patidar has previously played for RCB on 4 occasions and scored 71 runs at a strike rate of 114.5. He will join the Bangalore-based franchise for INR 20 lakh this time around.

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RCB has played two games so far this season, winning one (against KKR) and losing the other (against PBKS).

The Royal Challengers Bangalore fell by 5 wickets against the Punjab Kings in their opening match of the 15th edition of the Indian Premier League, which was a high-scoring affair, as they failed to defend 206 on the board.

The second match, against the Kolkata Knight Riders, was a low-scoring thriller. KKR were bowled out for 128 runs after losing the toss and being asked to bat first. Andre Russel scored the most runs (25 off 18 balls). The Kolkata bowlers put up a determined effort to take the game to the final over, where Dinesh Kartik, a former Kolkata player, and captain, completed the job and helped his side earn their first win of the season.

(WITH ANI INPUTS)