Devdutt Padikkal: Devdutt Padikkal, playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2026, has played amazing innings in both the matches. This player has contributed significantly to RCB’s victory by scoring two consecutive half-centuries. Padikkal scored 61 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad and after this the player played an inning of 50 runs against Chennai Super Kings. After these two innings of Padikkal, team mentor and batting coach Dinesh Karthik says that it will be impossible to keep this player out of Team India now.
What did Dinesh Karthik say?
Dinesh Karthik praised Padikkal and said that this player has the art of scoring runs by remaining calm in difficult situations. He said, ‘On a difficult pitch where it was not easy to score runs, this player showed an amazing game. Instead of playing big shots, Padikkal decided to bat according to the conditions. As soon as he hit a four, you must have seen how this player changed his batting gear. He took the ball across the boundary line by playing cricketing shots. If this player continues to bat like this, it will be difficult to keep Padikkal away from Team India for a long time. Padikkal has scored a lot of runs in domestic cricket also.
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Dinesh Karthik told that Padikkal also shares his ideas with RCB. He said, ‘The special thing about Padikkal is that he has become the captain of the Karnataka team and at the age of 25, this player shares his ideas, which is good to see.’
Padikkal’s average crosses 80
Talking about Devdutt Padikkal, this player has an amazing record in ODI cricket. This player has not played One Day International for India but Padikkal’s average in List A is 82.23. Padikkal has scored 2796 runs in 41 List A innings, which includes 13 centuries and 14 half-centuries. His strike rate is also 92.61. These figures of Padikkal indicate that he is a perfect batsman for ODI cricket. Team India has to play the ODI World Cup in the year 2027 and Padikkal’s aim will be to somehow make a place in Team India and also represent the country next year.