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Rajat Patidar once again failed to perform well with the bat and was out without opening the account after playing six balls in the final innings of the fourth Test against England at the JSCA International Stadium in Ranchi. Patidar made his Test debut for India in the Visakhapatnam Test, when KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja were ruled out of the series due to injury and Virat Kohli was not playing due to personal reasons.
Let us tell you that 30-year-old Patidar has been struggling to score runs since his debut and has scored only 63 runs in six innings at a poor average of 10.50. During the fourth Test, the right-handed batsman was caught by Shoaib Bashir at backward short leg by Ollie Pope. Let us tell you that Bashir dismissed him twice in this test, he got him out for 17 runs (LBW) in the first innings.
Meanwhile, fans on X (formerly Twitter) trolled Patidar for his second duck of the series. One user jokingly wrote, “Happy retirement Rajat Patidar. Have a good second innings of life.”
Fans gave such reactions on social media regarding Patidar.
Happy retirement Rajat Patidar.
Have a good second innings of life🫡— Parvv 🚩 (@ParvCryEmoji) February 26, 2024
Honestly, didn’t understand why Rajat Patidar was selected. Could have gotten @cheteshwar1 back.
— Chinmay (@reddevilchinmay) February 26, 2024
Dear Rajat Patidar,
Retirement lelo yaar, khel hi kyu rhe ho 🙄How will you eat this much laddu?
Ise achha to Ruturaj Gaikwad h#INDvENG #Cricket #INDvsENGTest #ind pic.twitter.com/G4CgezWN7U— cskArmy_7 (@cskarmy_7) February 26, 2024
With due respect I don’t want to see Rajat Patidar playing the 5th test for #TeamIndia , #INDvENG
— Debraj S Choudhury (@dschoudhury) February 26, 2024
Kuldeep Yadav thinking why he isn’t sent above Rajat Patidar ???
#INDvENG #rajatpatidar #KuldeepYadav pic.twitter.com/Vbu5W7fKUP— Apuroop Achanta (@digitaldetox_9) February 26, 2024
Talking about the match, England scored 353 runs after winning the toss and batting first. Joe Root and Ollie Robinson played important innings of 122* and 58 runs respectively for the Ben Stokes-led team. Meanwhile, for the hosts, Ravindra Jadeja took four wickets, while Akash Deep took three wickets.
Later, Ravichandran Ashwin (5/51) and Kuldeep (4/22) together took nine wickets and restricted Fans to 145 runs. Jack Crawley scored the highest score of 60 runs in 91 balls for England and England set a target of 192 runs for the host team. In the end, thanks to half-centuries from Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, India achieved the target by losing five wickets.
