New Delhi, May 16 -- Rajat Patidar might be leading the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League season this year but he was nowhere near the core of the team just three years ago.

After playing four games in IPL 2021, his debut season, for RCB, the right hand batsman was ignored for the following season as he went unsold in the IPL 2022 mega auction. This was despite the Madhya Pradesh batsman being assured of a spot in the team.

"I had got a message (ahead of the mega auction for IPL 2022) that 'you should be ready. we will pick you'. I had a little hope that I would get another chance (to play for RCB). But I wasn't picked in the mega auction. I was a little sad," Patidar said on an RCB podcast.

However, the stars al...