He plays for Madhya Pradesh in domestic cricket and he is the captain of Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League.
[4] Rajat attended New Digamber Public School in Indore where he completed his primary and secondary education.
[10] He managed to score only 71 runs in the four games he played and was subsequently released ahead of the 2022 Indian Premier League.
Later, Patidar was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore mid-season as a replacement for the injured Luvnith Sisodia for INR 20 Lakhs.
[12][13] This proved to be a record-breaking innings for Patidar, as he became the first uncapped player to score a century in the playoffs stage of the Indian Premier League.
In January 2024, he was named as a replacement for Virat Kohli in India's squad for the first two matches of the test series against England.