Silver Patidars are in the headlines. The reason is the captaincy of Royal Challengers Bangalore. In fact, Patidar, born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, has been given the command of the team for IPL 2025 on Thursday 13 February. Since then, he has been in constant discussion. Let me tell you that he has played ODI and Test matches for India and has made a big name in cricket in the last few years. But Rajat Patidar is not the first player from Indore to show his strength. Many legendary players including Rahul Dravid have left this city, whose names you will be surprised to know. Today we are going to tell you about 11 such players.

Third most expensive player of IPL 2025 from Indore

Apart from Rajat Patidar, Venkatesh Iyer also comes from his city. He was also born in Indore. He is going to play for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2025. KKR's team bought him by paying Rs 23.75 crore in the auction. He was the third most expensive player in the IPL 2025 auction. Venkatesh Iyer played an important role in winning the trophy as KKR in the last season. Let me tell you that he has made T20 and ODI debut for Team India. Among the active players of Indore, right -handed fast bowler Avesh Khan is also a big name today.

Avesh has played 8 ODIs and 25 T20s for Team India. For the next season of IPL, Lucknow Super Giants bought him for 9.75 crores. All -rounder Jalaj Saxena is a big name in India's domestic cricket. This 38 -year -old legendary cricketer has taken 478 wickets with 6965 runs in the first class. He was also born in Indore. He played for Madhya Pradesh from 2005 to 2016, then joined the Kerala team. He was unsold in IPL 2025.

Trophy in a coach, someone's name

Till now you were telling you about the active players of Indore. Now let's talk about the veterans who came out of this city. The first name in this is that of Team India veteran player and former coach Rahul Dravid. He was also born in Indore. However, in domestic cricket, he played for Karnataka instead of Madhya Pradesh. He took over more than 500 matches towards the Indian team and hit more than 24 thousand runs. He has also played in IPL. Later he became the coach of India's Under-19 and National Team.

Apart from this, India's domestic T20 trophy is named after Syed Mushtaq Ali, who belongs to Indore. He played 11 Test matches for India. At the same time, India's under-23 first class tournament is also named after the player of Indore. He is a player CK Naidu. He played 7 Tests for India before independence. After retirement, he started playing for the team of Holkar of Indore in domestic cricket. In Indore, he also breathed very much. Apart from these, the current Indian umpire and player Nitin Menon was also born in Indore. At the same time, former team of Team India, Amay Khursia, veteran domestic cricketers Abbas Ali and Sanjay Jagdale have also been from this city.