Nitish Kumar Reddy gave a great start to Andhra Pradesh by taking a hat-trick against Madhya Pradesh in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Batting first, his team was reduced to just 112 runs, in such a situation his hat-trick scattered the top order of Madhya Pradesh and made his team make a comeback. However, even after this Andhra lost the match.

In this match played at DY Patil College Ground, Madhya Pradesh captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and decided to bowl first. Wicket-keeper batsman Shrikar Bharat played an inning of 39 runs in 31 balls, but other opener Ashwin Hebbar could not even open his account. Shaik Rashid, who came at number three, was also out on zero. Then Nitish Kumar Reddy, coming at number four, made a partnership of 50 runs with Bharat. Reddy scored 25 runs, but after the break of this pair, the coming batsmen could not do anything special.

Nitish Kumar Reddy took a hat-trick

Batting first, Andhra Pradesh scored only 112 runs. The target was small for Madhya Pradesh, but Nitish Kumar Reddy’s hat-trick made the match even for Andhra. Reddy took the wicket of Harsh Gawli on the fourth ball of the third over, he scored 5 runs. This was the first wicket of Madhya Pradesh. On his next ball, he got the new batsman Harpreet Singh Bhatia caught out. Reddy bowled captain Rajat Patidar on the last ball of the over.

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Moment of sheer brilliance by Nitish Kumar Reddy as he completed a superb hat-trick against Madhya Pradesh in the Super League Stage in Pune #SMAT , @IDFCFIRSTBank , @NKReddy07 pic.twitter.com/3iv0wo1kFI

— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIDomestic) December 12, 2025

Madhya Pradesh team won by 4 wickets

After Nitish’s hat-trick, the pressure on the Madhya Pradesh team had increased; despite the small target, the team was in danger of defeat. After this, Venkatesh Iyer also returned to the pavilion after scoring 22 runs. Then Rishabh Chauhan and Rahul Batham made a partnership of 73 runs and took the team to the threshold of victory. Madhya Pradesh achieved the target in 17.3 overs and won by 4 wickets.

After the release of the retention list for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026), more than half of the players of almost all the teams have been confirmed. The auction process for the remaining slots will take place on December 16. Before this, captains of 8 out of 10 teams have been confirmed, know everyone’s record and their price.

Who is the captain of RCB?

Rajat Patidar is the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Who took command of this team for the first time in the last edition and did what had not happened in 18 years. Under his captaincy, RCB won its first IPL title, this time too Rajat will take charge of RCB.

32-year-old Rajat Patidar, resident of Indore, made his IPL debut in 2021 while playing for RCB. Since then he is a part of this franchise. He has scored a total of 1111 runs in 42 IPL matches, which includes 9 half-centuries and 1 century. RCB had retained Rajat Patidar for Rs 11 crore for the last edition, this time too he has been retained.

Who is the captain of CSK?

The captain of Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2026 is Ruturaj Gaikwad. With Sanju Samson joining this camp, some people thought that he would be the captain but in the coming season only Ruturaj will be the captain. In the last edition, Ruturaj was out of the tournament midway due to injury, after which Dhoni had to take over the captaincy again.

Rituraj Gaikwad made his debut for Chennai Super Kings in 2020, since then he has been a part of this franchise. Ruturaj Gaikwad was retained by CSK for Rs 18 crore for the last edition. Ruturaj has played a total of 71 matches in IPL, in which he scored 2502 runs. He has 2 centuries and 20 half-centuries in his name in IPL.

Who is the captain of MI?

The captain of Mumbai Indians in IPL 2026 is Hardik Pandya, who became the captain of this franchise by replacing Rohit Sharma. He has made Gujarat Titans champion under his captaincy in 2022. Although he made his IPL debut in 2015 while playing for MI.

Hardik Pandya played a total of 152 matches in IPL, in which he has 2749 runs in his name. Pandya has 10 half-centuries to his name. He was retained by Mumbai Indians for Rs 16.35 crore for the last edition.

Who is the captain of KKR?

Ajinkya Rahane, who captained Kolkata Knight Riders in the last edition, has been retained by the franchise for the upcoming season as well. Although they have not yet announced the name of their captain.

Who is the captain of PBKS?

The captain of Punjab Kings in IPL 2026 is Shreyas Iyer, who was bought by the franchise in the auction last year for a huge amount of Rs 26.75 crore. Under his captaincy the team also reached the finals.

Talking about Shreyas Iyer’s IPL records, he has played a total of 133 matches for 3 franchises (DC, KKR and PBKS), in which he has 3731 runs in his name. He has scored 27 half-centuries in IPL.

Who is the captain of GT?

The captain of Gujarat Titans in IPL 2026 is Shubman Gill. Gill is also the captain of India’s Test and ODI team. Gill was retained by Gujarat in the last edition for Rs 16.5 crore. He has played a total of 118 matches in IPL, in which he has 3866 runs in his name. Gill has scored 4 centuries and 26 half-centuries in IPL.

Who is the captain of LSG?

The captain of Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2026 will be Rishabh Pant, who has been retained by the franchise this year and was bought last year by making the highest bid in IPL history. LSG had bought Pant for Rs 27 crore. Pant was earlier the captain of Delhi Capitals, he made his IPL debut for Delhi in 2016.

Talking about his IPL career, Rishabh Pant has scored 3553 runs in 125 matches, in which there are 2 centuries and 19 half-centuries.

Who is the captain of DC?

The captain of Delhi Capitals in IPL 2026 is Axar Patel, who is one of the most experienced players in the team. Patel was retained by the franchise in the last edition for Rs 16.50 crore, while Pant was released.

Akshar Patel started the IPL by playing for Punjab Kings in 2014, he came to Delhi in 2019 and has been a part of this franchise since then. Patel has played a total of 162 matches in IPL, in which he has 1916 runs and 128 wickets in his name.

Who is the captain of RR?

Who will be the captain of Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2026? There is still doubt on this because the team has handed over its captain to CSK through trade. However, through this trade, he has included an experienced player like Ravindra Jadeja in his team.

There is a possibility that Jadeja can become the captain. However, there is nothing official on this yet. Rajasthan has included Jadeja in its team for Rs 14 crore, whereas his price in CSK was Rs 18 crore.

Who is the captain of SRH?

Pat Cummins will be the captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2026. He is the only foreigner among all the confirmed captains, while the other 7 are Indians. Under the captaincy of Cummins, Hyderabad reached the final in 2024, where KKR defeated them by 8 wickets. The team’s performance last season was poor, yet Cummins will be the captain in the coming season.

Pat Cummins was retained by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 18 crore for the last edition. He has played a total of 72 matches for 3 teams (KKR, DC and SRH) in IPL, in which he has taken 79 wickets.

Royal Challengers Bangalore has released its retention list for IPL 2026. RCB has released 8 players including international stars like Liam Livingstone and Lungi Ngidi. 17 players including Virat Kohli, Phil Salt and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have been retained.

RCB won the IPL 2025 title under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar. Patidar can be seen captaining this matter also. Bengaluru has retained 11 Indian players, while 6 foreign players have been dismissed.

Liam Livingstone released

England all-rounder Liam Livingstone has been released by Bengaluru. Apart from him, RCB has shown the way out to two other senior players in the form of Mayank Agarwal and Lungi Ngidi. Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar and other experienced players including Jitesh Sharma and Krunal Pandya will try to take Bengaluru to another title.

RCB’s retention list: Rajat Patidar (captain), Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethel, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Salaam, Abhinandan Singh and Suyyash Sharma.

RCB released these players: Swastik Chikara, Mayank Agarwal, Tim Seifert, Liam Livingstone, Manoj Bhandage, Lungi Ngidi, Blessing Muzarabani, Mohit Rathi

16.4 crores left with Bengaluru

After retaining 17 players, Royal Challengers Bangalore are left with Rs 16.4 crore in their purse. In the auction, Bengaluru team can buy maximum 8 more players, out of which it is mandatory to have 2 foreign players.

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Vidarbha won the Iranian Cup by defeating Rest of India by 93 runs. The Rest of India (ROI), captained by Rajat Patidar, had a huge target of 361 runs in the fourth innings, in response to which the rest of India was reduced to just 267 runs and lost the match by 93 runs. This is the third time Vidarbha has won the Irani Cup 2025 Winner.

On the last day in the final match, the Rest of India carried out its score from 30/2. He still needed 331 runs to win. Captain Rajat Patidar, who scored a half -century in the first innings, was dismissed for just 10 runs. Let us tell you that in the Iranian Cup match, the current Ranji Trophy champion faces the Rest of India team.

In the Iranian Cup match, Vidarbha scored a score of 342 runs while playing first, in response to this, the team of Rest of India was reduced to just 214 runs. Vidarbha got a huge lead of 128 runs in the first innings. In the second innings, Vidarbha’s batting line-up was also staggering, which made it all out for just 232 runs. But he got the benefit of the lead in the first innings. So he set a target of 361 runs in front of Rest of India in the fourth innings.

Final loser Patidar-Gaekwad, Ishaan Kishan Flop

The team of Rest of India, who came to chase the target of 361 runs, lost 2 wickets for 24 runs. Captain Rajat Patidar could not even touch the figure of only 10 runs and Rituraj Gaikwad. Gaikwad was dismissed for just 7 runs. Ishaan Kishan had a chance to play a big innings under difficult circumstances, but just scored 35 runs. Alam was that the rest of India had lost 6 wickets by a score of 133.

It is good for Yash Dhul and Manav Suthar, whose 104 -run partnership saved the rest of India from becoming a victim of a big defeat. Dhul scored 92 runs, while Manav Suthar returned unbeaten after scoring 56 runs. Let us know that this is the third time in the last 8 years when Vidarbha has won the Iranian Cup.

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Duleep trophy 2025 winner central zone: The final match of Dilip Trophy 2025 ended on Monday, 15 September. The final was played between South Zone and Central Zone. The final match was won by Rajat Patidar’s team Central Zone by 6 wickets and also won the Dilip Trophy. Rajat Patidar has earlier won the first title of RCB in IPL 2025, captaining Royal Challengers Bangalore. The Central Zone has received a prize money of one crore rupees for winning the Dilip Trophy.

Dilip Trophy 2025 Prize Money?

Since 2023, there has been a lot of increase in both prize money and salary of players in domestic cricket. Earlier, the winning team used to get only 40 lakh rupees for winning the Dilip Trophy, while this time the Central Zone team has been given a prize money of one crore rupees for winning this title in 2025. This time the runner-up team has received an amount of Rs 50 lakh. At the same time, the first runner -up used to get 20 lakh rupees.

Central Zone #Duleeptrophy2025 pic.twitter.com/Q038ENGBPT

– rajat patidar (@rrjjt_01) September 15, 2025

How did the Central Zone become the seventh time the champion?

In the match played between Central Zone and South Zone, Rajat Patidar’s team won this match in the first session of the last day of the match. In this match, Central Zone captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and decided to bowl first and invited South Zone, captained by Mohammad Azharuddin, to bat.

South Zone’s team was all out for 149 runs in the first innings. At the same time, the Central Zone scored 511 runs in the first innings and took a lead of 362 runs. From here, the Central Zone was seen to win close, but South Zone also batted fiercely in the second innings and scored 426 runs and took a lead of 64 runs. The Central Zone achieved this target of 65 runs losing 4 wickets and captured the Dilip Trophy for the seventh time.

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In the final of the Dilip Trophy, Rajat Patidar has given a strong century. The Central Zone team has taken a huge lead after consisting of South Zone for 149 runs in the final. On the second day, till the stumps, the Central Zone has taken a lead of 235 runs and has 5 wickets left in the first innings. On the second day, Rajat Patidar scored 101 runs, while Yash Rathore is standing at the crease after scoring 137 runs. This is the 15th First-Class Century of Patidar.

In response to the 149 runs of South Zone, the team of Central Zone lost 3 wickets on a score of 93. From here, Rajat Patidar and Yash Rathore gave a 167 -run partnership to the Central Zone team. On the second day, Summary Jain came into the limelight for his slow batting, who is playing just 47 runs in 119 balls. His strike rate is only 39.50.

Gurjapneet Singh has proved to be the most successful bowler for the South Zone, who has taken 3 wickets. He wreaked havoc on the batsmen in the first session, but in the second and third sessions, Patidar and Rathore beat up the bowlers of South Zone fiercely.

Patidar, Royal Challengers in IPL captain Bangalore. He hit 12 fours and 2 sixes in his 101 -run innings. He had played 73 balls to score 50 runs in his innings, while he scored the next 50 runs in just 39 balls.

In the last session of the second day, the South Zone team must have breathed a sigh of relief. At one time the Central Zone team scored 260 runs at the loss of 3 wickets. But after falling 2 wickets within 6 runs, there is hope in the match for South Zone.

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The dream of a young man living in Gariaband in Chhattisgarh was fully fulfilled when he suddenly started calling his phone from great players like cricketer Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal and AB de Villiers.

In fact, Manish BC, 21 -year -old son of Gajendra BC, living in Madagaon of Devbhog police station area of Gariaband, was allotted a SIM from BC Mobile Center in Devbhog on 28 June. The shop operator issued a mobile number to him as it does to everyone.

A few days later Manish, along with his friend Khemraj, installed WhatsApp. As soon as he installed, the picture of Rajat Patidar was seen in WhatsApp’s DP. The rural youth considered him a software game. Two days later, he received a call from an unknown number. The caller called himself Virat Kohli.

Calls of Kohli-de Villiers also came

Apart from this, in other such calls, cricketer Yash Dayal told Kisani, who told the great cricketer AB de Villiers. Both Manish and Khemraj are fans of Kohli. He is also interested in watching cricket. Therefore, he felt that someone was pranking them through calls.

RCB captain calls

Half of a minute talked to someone, the players kept talking to the players jokingly, the callers were calling them as Rajat Patidar. But he kept joking.

Then one day a call came from a number in which he told to be a silver Patidar. The youth also joked this call as the first one kept taking the first ones. The young men kept joking saying closing the silver sim.

Police cleared the case

Rajat Patidar said that I send the police and after 10 minutes the police also threatened. The Devbhog police informed the young man and their families and closed the SIM with their consent.

Police sent to Rajat Patidar

It was only after going to the police that the youth felt that the calls that kept coming were not a reality but a reality. The Devbhog police has sent a SIM to the family members and sent the silver from the post.

‘These moments will be remembered for life’

Even though this incident has been going on for 8 days, the villagers became a memorable moment for the youth. Now it is expected that Rajat will contact him again for this help.

Manish BC and Khemraj of Chhattisgarh are very happy to talk to Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers. Actually, he had bought a SIM, he was allotted the number which was using silver Patidar earlier. Yes, RCB captain Rajat’s number. What was it then, calls from veterans like Kohli-Diwiliers started coming to them. Now these boys told what Kohli and Yash Dayal had told them.

Manish and Khemraj live in Madgaon in Gariaband district in Chhattisgarh. He bought a new SIM on June 28, since then he started getting these calls on the new number. When the talks used to call themselves Kohli or any other big player, they did not believe. Then one day Rajat Patidar called him, then the matter reached the police.

What did Virat Kohli talk on the phone

Talking to PTI, Khemraj said that he was very happy to hear the voice of AB de Villiers, although the former South Africa captain spoke in English, so he did not understand anything.

He said, “I never thought that I will stay in my village and talk to Virat Kohli one day. When AB de Villiers called, he spoke in English. We did not understand even a word, but we were very happy. When Manish used to call me, he used to give me. He used to call himself Virat Kohli and Yash Dayal, why he used to ask ‘We are using the number of wealth. We told them that we have bought a new SIM and this is our number. “

PTI quoted Gariaband Deputy Superintendent of Police Neha Sinha as saying, “He was calling Cricketers Manish, who was in contact with silver Patidar. Patidar informed the Madhya Pradesh cyber cell that his number has been given to someone else, please return them.”

Manish and Khemraj returned the silver number of silver Patidar

When the police reached his house, he agreed to return the number of Rajat Patidar on his own, he has no complaint about it because he will remember to talk to Virat Kohli now. He will tell everyone about this very proud and happily.

In the report, Manish’s brother Deshbandhu BC was quoted as saying, “Even though all this happened due to disturbances, but this conversation happened completely due to luck. People just dream of seeing him, we got a chance to talk to him.”

In Chhattisgarh, a person bought a SIM, then suddenly he started getting phone calls of big cricketers like Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers. He could not believe, the boy thought that someone was joking with him. Although he was Kohli and de Villiers in the right, it was not that these cricketers were dialing wrong numbers. Rather, he was dialing the correct number, which was of RCB captain Rajat Patidar. This matter reached the police.

Think that you get a call and the person in front said that he is speaking Virat Kohli. You probably will probably not believe, you can also think of it fraud call. The same thing happened to this boy, he started calling himself MS Dhoni.

According to NDTV report, Manish bought a new SIM on 28 June. The number that Manish was allotted was the first silver Patidar. RCB won the IPL title this time under Rajat’s captaincy. The company released this number to Manish due to the shutdown of SIM for 90 days.

Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers talk on the phone!

According to the report, after activating SIM, Manish installed Whatsapp and DP had a photo of Rajat Patidar. After this, many calls started coming to him, some started calling themselves AB de Villiers and some Virat Kohli. Sometimes calls started coming in the name of other cricketers, on which Manish felt that someone was joking with him, so he started calling himself MS Dhoni.

Silver Patidar asked for sim

This happened to Manish for about 2 weeks and then a call on July 15, he described himself as a silver Patidar and Manish considered it a joke. After some time the police reached his house, after which the boy returned the SIM, which was later sent to the cricketer.

22 -year -old Manish lives in a small village in Gariaband district, on most youth, he is also a big fan of Virat Kohli. Of course, he accidentally spoke to Kohli but he will not forget this incident throughout his life.

Virat Kohli RCB Victory Celebration: As soon as the M Chinnaswamy Stadium reached the IPL 2025 champion team Royal Challengers Bangalore, thousands of people in the ground shouted loudly. When Virat Kohli was called on stage, thousands of fans did not let him speak. After 18 years, RCB and his fans have fulfilled the dream of winning the IPL Trophy. So all the people looked full of enthusiasm. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli praised Bangalore team captain Rajat Patidar and also introduced him as the leader of the team and he himself accepted the fans by picking up the trophy.

#Watch , #Ryalchallengersbangalore Team with the #IPL2025 trophy at m chinnaswamy stadium in bengaluru pic.twitter.com/i9wqwkedvf

– ANI (@ani) June 4, 2025

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