Rajat Bhatia, a stalwart in Indian domestic cricket, announced his retirement from all forms of the game on Wednesday. Bhatia, 40, last played a first-class game in 2018 for Uttarakhand.
The former Delhi cricketer played 112 first-class games in his 21-year-long domestic career. The all-rounder scored 6482 runs at an average of 49.10 and bagged 137 wickets. In List A cricket, Bhatia amassed 3038 runs and bagged 93 wickets. Interestingly, he was also a part of Kolkata Knight Riders’ title-winning IPL side in 2012.
The cricketer, who travelled to Israel with India A with Cheteshwar Pujara, Murali Vijay and Wriddiman Saha in 2008, could not make it to the senior team. He made his first-class debut for Tamil Nadu, then moved to Delhi in 2003-04.
He was picked up by Rajasthan Royals for a whopping 1.7 crores ahead of IPL 2014 and repaid their faith with 12 wickets in that season. Bhatia also played a couple of seasons for Rising Pune Supergiants. His last appearance in IPL was in 2017.