India, May 27 -- The fight for the No.4 spot in India's T20I team is heating up, and the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain Rajat Patidar is doing the best he can to earn a national call-up. The right-handed batter is breaking the door down and making it extremely hard for the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee to ignore him for the upcoming assignments against Ireland and England. On Tuesday, Patidar played an unbeaten knock of 93 in Qualifier 1 against the Gujarat Titans to help the defending champions enter yet another Indian Premier League (IPL) final.

Patidar's knock was studded with five boundaries and nine sixes, and it was no surprise to see him being adjudged as Player of the Match. Former India spinner Ravichandran Ash...