Devdutt Padikkal

Devdutt Padikkal (born 7 July 2000) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Karnataka and the Royal Challengers Bangalore.[2][3][4] He has also played for the India under-19 team.[5]

Devdutt Padikkal
Personal information
Full nameDevdutt Padikkal
Born (2000-07-07) 7 July 2000
Edappal, Kerala, India
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[1]
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleOpening batsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017–presentBellary Tuskers
2018–presentKarnataka
2019–presentRoyal Challengers Bangalore
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 15 13 33
Runs scored 907 650 1,271
Batting average 34.88 59.09 43.82
100s/50s 0/10 2/5 1/11
Top score 99 103* 122*
Catches/stumpings 12/0 4/0 18/0
Source: Cricinfo, 29 January 2021

Early life

Padikkal was born on 7 July 2000 in Edappal, Kerala. In 2011, his family moved from Hyderabad to Bangalore, where he began training at the Karnataka Institute of Cricket. Starting from 2014, he represented Karnataka in under-16 and under-19 age categories. In 2017, he was selected by Bellary Tuskers in the Karnataka Premier League.[6]

Career

He made his first-class debut for Karnataka in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy on 28 November 2018.[7] In December 2018, he was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League.[8][9] He became the first player in IPL history to score three fifties in his first four matches.[10]

He made his List A debut on 26 September 2019, for Karnataka in the 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy.[11] He was the leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 609 runs in eleven matches.[12]

In October 2019, he was named in India A's squad for the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy.[13] He made his Twenty20 debut on 8 November 2019, for Karnataka in the 2019–20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.[14]

Padikkal won the Emerging Player Award for the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL), playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore.[15] He scored 473 runs in 15 matches for Royal Challengers Bangalore in his debut IPL season.[16]

He was selected in Karnataka's squad for the 2021 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.[17]

References
  1. "Devdutt Padikkal: Born to play cricket, literally". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  2. "Devdutt Padikkal". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  3. "IPL 2020 - Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad in power-packed band of uncapped Indian batsmen". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  4. Sportstar, Team. "IPL 2020: Devdutt Padikkal brings up second fifty in three games for RCB". Sportstar. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  5. "Devdutt Padikkal carves his own niche in star-studded Karnataka line-up". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  6. "'Test cricket is the ultimate': India 'A'-select Devdutt Padikkal shares his dreams". Manorama Online. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  7. "Elite, Group A, Ranji Trophy at Mysore, Nov 28 - Dec 1 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  8. "IPL 2019 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  9. "IPL 2019 Auction: Who got whom". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  10. "Devdutt Padikkal only player in IPL history to score 3 fifties in first 4 games". Sportstar. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  11. "Elite, Group A, Vijay Hazare Trophy at Bengaluru, Sep 26 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  12. "Vijay Hazare Trophy, 2019/20: Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  13. "Deodhar Trophy 2019: Hanuma Vihari, Parthiv, Shubman to lead; Yashasvi earns call-up". SportStar. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  14. "Group A, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at Visakhapatnam, Nov 8 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  15. "IPL 2020 full list of award winners: Jofra Archer is MVP, emerging player award for Devdutt Padikkal and more - Firstcricket News, Firstpost". Firstpost. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  16. "IPLT20.com - Indian Premier League Official Website". www.iplt20.com. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  17. "Karnataka Squad". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
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