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Rajat Patidar could not person wished for a amended birthday. The RCB captain, who turned 33 connected Monday (May 1, 2026), was each smiles arsenic helium sat beside the IPL trophy successful the property league country successful Ahmedabad.
“It is the champion gift. Nothing tin beryllium amended than this — to win the IPL for 2 successive years,” Patidar said. He added that portion the squad volition observe the triumph, the absorption volition displacement to “how we tin bash 3 successful a row”.
The Madhya Pradesh subordinate added that helium has worked a large woody connected his batting. The results were wide arsenic Patidar looked much assertive and ascendant astatine the crease.
“Before coming into the IPL, I spent a batch of clip knowing my batting. I did due nett sessions. Sometimes, I was the lone 1 astatine nets, and I needed bowlers. After that, I communicated a batch with D.K. bhai [RCB mentor and batting manager Dinesh Karthik] astir however I could bash more, trigger moments, method changes, etc. Then I came present and executed that,” Patidar said.
Patidar stated that helium drew inspiration from Faf du Plessis, his archetypal skipper astatine RCB. “The mode Faf du Plessis presented himself, the assemblage language, the assurance — these are things I learnt,” helium said.
Speaking astir the ascendant amusement successful the final, Patidar explained that dismissing the Gujarat Titans’ top-order — Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan and Jos Buttler — aboriginal proved to beryllium crucial. “The GT batting line-up depends a batch connected the apical 3 batters. All 3 brought them to the final. We planned to get the apical 3 retired successful the PowerPlay. We did instrumentality 2 wickets. They went connected the backmost ft from there. That changed the game,” Patidar said.
