Delhi: Before the IPL 2026 final, there is as much discussion about the Royal Challengers Bangalore team as it is about their captain Rajat Patidar. Along with the team, he himself is also a contender for making many new records and especially his 93* in 33 balls in Qualifier 1 has once again brought him into the discussion of his comeback in Team India.

Now the wise selectors of BCCI will decide when this comeback will happen or not, but Rajat himself is leaving no stone unturned. It is also surprising that he is the IPL winning captain but has not played any T20 International for India till now.

In this way, Rajat Patidar has achieved something which even many people with bigger names than him could not achieve. He is equally successful with the bat and till the start of IPL 2026 final, he has 1597 runs in his name in IPL. Believe me, he is one of the top Indian IPL scorers who never played T20 International. Top 5 Indian IPL scorers who did not play T20 International:

Mayank Agarwal 2000+ runs: Mayank Agarwal played Test and ODI for India but could never become a contender in the discussion of T20 format due to his batting style. He was especially considered a red ball specialist. Apart from this, even though he has 2756 runs in 125 innings in IPL, he never played such a sensational season with a strike rate of 133+ that the selectors were forced to include him in T20 Team India. He was a prolific scorer for the Punjab Kings but had an inconsistent record.

The wait for Prabhsimran Singh continues: Prabhasimran is currently playing and whatever success Punjab Kings achieved this season, Prabhasimran’s batting has contributed equally to it.

So far in IPL, 1815 runs in 64 innings at 156+ strike rate. Will he become the second batsman to score 2000 runs in IPL without playing T20 International? Due to his performance in IPL 2026, Prabhasimran has been selected in India A for the Sri Lanka tour. His form on this tour could pave the way for him in India’s T20, although the new entry for any opener has not been easy. A special thing to Prabhasimran is that he is uncapped, that is, he has not played any international for India in any format till now.

Karun Nair was a red ball specialist: He was famous for playing innings with a score of 300 in Test cricket but he never got the same fame in limited overs cricket. He played 10 Tests and 2 ODI Internationals but not T20 Internationals. There is a record of 1712 runs in 78 innings in IPL at a strike rate of 131+. He also played in IPL 2026 but it is not that his claim for T20 International is discussed.

Rajat Patidar 1597 IPL runs: Shane Warne and Rajat Patidar are the only two captains who never played T20 International matches for their country but won the IPL title as captain.

This cricketer from Madhya Pradesh still has a chance to remove his name from this record. Shane Warne actually came to play IPL after retiring from international cricket while Rajat has a chance to play T20 International for India after winning the IPL title in his very first season. These days, Rajat was talked about for his debut in T20 International but his focus remained on IPL.

Sourav Ganguly had a chance: Sourav Ganguly scored 1349 runs in IPL but the truth is that as his IPL career progressed, his chances to play T20 International started decreasing. The decision of senior Indian cricketers not to play in the 2007 World T20 ended Sourav Ganguly’s chances of playing T20 International. In that tournament, the players of MS Dhoni’s youth team shone so much that seniors like Ganguly went out of the discussion. His ODI career was also over.