Veteran Delhi Ranji cricketer and former Kolkata Knight Riders player Rajat Bhatia, declared on Wednesday that he would retire with immediate effect from professional cricket. In total he made 112 Ranji appearances out of which 81 were for Delhi where he scored 4666 runs and picked 96 wickets. He scored 6,482 runs overall and cricketed 137 wickets in first-class. He was a part of the 2007-08 season victory over Delhi’s Ranji Trophy title and hit an unbeaten 139 in the final against Uttar Pradesh.