Rajat Bhatia (born 22 October 1979) is an Indian former professional cricketer. He played for a number of teams, such as

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and

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. He was a part of the MRF Pace Foundation when he was young. He led the

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cricket team in 2018

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and

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. In July 2020, Bhatia announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.

Career

Bhatia made his first-class and

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debuts for Tamil Nadu against

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in 2000. He first played for Tamil Nadu, but later returned to his home state side Delhi. In the

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season, he contributed much to Delhi's title win with 512 runs in 7 matches. The same year, he made his

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debut for Delhi against

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in the Inter-State T20 Championship. He played for

in the inaugural Indian Premier League. In 2011, he was bought by the

in the IPL before being acquired by

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at the 2014 IPL auction, later going on to play for

. His last appearance in the IPL was in 2017. In November 2015, Bhatia was released by Delhi after 81 matches in which he scored 4,666 runs and took 96 wickets. He joined

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. Ahead of the

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, he transferred from Rajasthan to

. He was the leading run-scorer for the side in the group-stage of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, with 700 runs in eight matches.

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