Captain Rajat Patidar Snubbed KL Rahul After DC Star Decimated RCB? IPL 2025 Video Goes Viral

KL Rahul on Thursday played a memorable knock for Delhi Capitals against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The former RCB player slammed 93* off 53 balls and helped DC recover from to 30/3 in 4.3 overs to chase down a 164-run target in 17.5 overs in Bengaluru. After the win, Karnataka-born Rahul celebrated aggressively indicating 'this is my ground'. A video from the match is going viral where the two teams can be seen doing the customary handshakes. In the video, KL Rahul can be seen shakings hands with Suyash Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Virat Kohli, Phil Salt. Just when Rahul was shaking hands with Salt, RCB captain Rajat Patidar was also present but he walked straight ahead. After that Rahul went on to shake hands with Krunal Pandya and Tum David. 

Some social media users saw the act as clear snub by Patidar. 

Patidar Ignored KL Rahul

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From being panned as a stat-padder, who lacked intent from the word go to being a toast of tricky chases, KL Rahul has turned the wheels in a manner only a batter blessed with skill-set as his can.

He printed the latest blueprint of his growth chart with an unbeaten 93 off 53 balls at a strike-rate of 175 on a gripping Chinnaswamy pitch to fashion Delhi Capitals's six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

Tim David (185) and Phil Salt (210) made runs at a higher strike-rate but through brute force and the readiness to travel on riskier routes either at Power Play or at the death overs.

But Rahul's fifty was smoothly paced -- from a cautious 29 off 29 balls, the right-hander made the remaining 64 runs off just 24 balls on Thursday.

It's easy to term the