Published: May 16, 2025, 07:02 PM (IST)
Edited: May 16, 2025, 07:02 PM (IST)
Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) director Mo Bobat has stated that skipper Rajat Patidar has been having a great recovery from his finger injury, adding that the swelling has reduced considerably.
Rajat Patidar batted in the nets on Thursday and Friday without wearing the protective splint. This has raised his hopes of being available of match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Saturday.
“Rajat’s going well. He had an injury to his hand, but he’s been building up ever so slowly. For him, probably the disruption (halting of IPL because of Indo-Pak border tension) gave a few more days to get through that early healing, for the swelling to go down, and for him to get used to picking up a bat again. He’s practised the last few days and he’s going well,” said Bobat in the pre-match press meet.
Apart from Rajat Patidar, Josh Hazlewood- who had been facing a shoulder injury, has not rejoined RCB. Mo Bobat stated that the team is having conversations with Cricket Australia (CA) for further updates.
“Josh is our only player not here at the moment. He’s recovering from his shoulder niggle that he had. He’s doing that with Cricket Australia. Our medical team and their medical teams have been liaising on what that detail looks like and he’s just taking that day by day,” he said.
The Indian Premier League was suspended for a week because of the tensions at the border between India and Pakistan. The tournament was then re-scheduled and now the new schedule has been released. This change in schedule has thrown teams in difficult situation with the availability of players not being sure.
RCB is going to soon lose Jacob Bethel and Lungi Ngidi because of their national commitments, and Mo Bobat has said that they have enough time to think about replacements.
