How a little tweak in his technique made Rajat Patidar a beast against fast bowlers | Cricket News
3 min readMay 28, 2026 09:11 AM IST After winning the IPL in his first season as Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain, Rajat Patidar didn’t rest on his laurels, working on fine-tuning his technique to dominate the bowlers even more as he went about guiding his team to a sturdy defence of their crown. Patidar spent large parts of the year trying to find a way to deal more effectively with fast bowlers, being already known for his prowess against spinners. What he arrived at was a certain trigger movement that has helped him push the bar this season, including the rollicking 93 in the First Qualifier against Gujarat Titans. “I made a few changes in batting against fast bowlers,” he would say in RCB’s Play Bold podcast. “I changed trigger movements technically. When I was at home, I saw which technique suited me against fast bowlers. While tweaking and making changes, I found that one trigger movement felt right. And then I kept repeating that. I returned to RCB camp and discussed it with …









