Padikkal’s stormy century (Photo-PTI)
Devdutt Padikkal, Karnataka batsman Devdutt Padikkal has once again proved his mettle in T20 cricket. This player scored a brilliant century in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. In this match played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Padikkal came to bat on first down and scored unbeaten 102 runs in 46 balls. Padikkal hit 6 sixes, 10 fours in his innings and his strike rate was more than 221. On the basis of Padikkal’s innings, Karnataka scored 245 runs in 20 overs.
storm of padikkal
Karnataka team made a fast start by batting first. Captain Mayank Agarwal and BR Sharath added 69 runs in just 33 balls. When captain Mayank was out, Padikkal came to the crease and completed his half-century while batting in a stormy style and after that he reached his century in 42 balls.
Padikkal never got out after scoring a century
Devdutt Padikkal has scored a century for the fourth time in his T20 career and his special thing is that he did not get out after scoring a century all the four times. Whenever Padikkal has scored a century, he has returned to the pavilion unbeaten. Padikkal scored the first T20 century of his career against Jharkhand in the year 2019. In T20 format, this player has scored 4 centuries and 19 half-centuries and has more than 3000 runs.
Padikkal remained sitting on the bench in the test series
Devdutt Padikkal was also a part of the Indian team for the South Africa series but he did not get a chance. He remained sitting on the bench and was not included in the playing eleven. Actually, this player was failing in both the unofficial test matches against South Africa A, it is possible that because of this he did not get a chance.