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Full name Rajat Bhatia
Born October 22, 1979, Delhi
Current age 28 years 352 days
Major teams Delhi,Delhi Daredevils,Tamil Nadu
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
48
71
11
2731
185
45.51
8
9
15
0
List A
43
37
6
952
106*
30.70
2
4
15
0
Twenty20
12
5
1
49
17
12.25
46
106.52
0
0
3
2
1
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
48
3819
1337
62
5/29
21.56
2.10
61.5
1
0
List A
43
921
718
18
2/16
2/16
39.88
4.67
51.1
0
0
0
Twenty20
12
11
156
218
7
2/17
2/17
31.14
8.38
22.2
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
1999/00
Last First-class
Delhi v Rest of India at Vadodara, Sep 24-27, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2000/01
Last List A
East Zone v North Zone at Visakhapatnam, Mar 26, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Delhi v Himachal Pradesh at Delhi, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Bangalore Royal Challengers v Delhi Daredevils at Bangalore, May 19, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Had the roll of selectoral dice gone his way, Rajat Bhatia could have been the allrounder India were looking for when Robin Singh called it a day in 2001. A medium-pace bowler who has for long stuck to one line, and a batsman good enough to tough it out at the crease, Bhatia has turned in many influential performances in domestic cricket. Chchotu is still regarded highly by those who played with and against him, especially in Tamil Nadu, even after he left them to return to Delhi, his original state. By the time he emerged as a finished product as an allrounder, there was no specific need for one, and he missed the boat for India selection. India's loss has been Delhi's gain, and ironically it is Tamil Nadu who suffer at his hands repeatedly, as he rarely fails to make a telling contribution with bat or ball against his old state team.
An Interview with Rajat Bhatia
