Rotoris announces Rajat Patidar as ‘A Rotoris Man’ for IPL 2026

Rotoris, India's first design-led mechanical watch house, has announced Rajat Patidar as ‘A Rotoris Man’ for IPL 2026, recognising his rise from an uncapped cricketer in IPL to one of the league’s defining performers and captains. 

“We built Rotoris for a very specific kind of person,” said Aakash Anand, Founder of Rotoris. “Someone who is always becoming more. Rajat Patidar was released by the same franchise that would one day make him captain. He came back and gave them a title they had waited 18 years for. If that is not a Rotoris Man, nothing is.” 

Prerna Gupta, Co-Founder of Rotoris, added, “Rotoris has always believed that the most beautiful things take time. You can see it in every dial we design. Rajat's story is the most human version of that belief. He did not rush. He did not break. He kept going, and he arrived exactly where he was always meant to be.” 

Through the IPL 2026 season, Rajat Patidar will wear Rotoris on and off the field.  

“I never needed the shortest path,” said Rajat Patidar, Captain of Royal Challengers Bengaluru. “I needed the right one. There were years when nobody was watching, and those were the years that built everything that came after. Rotoris speaks the same language. Every timepiece they make carries the weight of something done the right way, not the fast way. That is why this feels true. Not just to a campaign or a season, but to something that actually lasts.”  

The brand enters the IPL 2026 playoffs having already written a year of firsts. In March 2026, Alpine F1 Reserve Driver Kush Maini wore the Astonia Sports Chronograph at the Melbourne season opener — the first time an Indian watch house appeared on an F1 grid. In April 2026, Rotoris attended Watches & Wonders Geneva, the foremost gathering in the global watchmaking calendar. This summer, a second drop arrives — the Astonia and Manifesta collections, available by invitation to a waitlist that numbers in the tens of thousands.