RCB’s 20-Year-Old Opener Devdutt Padikkal Impresses on IPL Debut
Opening alongside Aaron Finch, 20-year-old Devdutt Padikkal stepped up to the challenge as he scored 56 off 42 balls on his IPL debut for RCB.
The young Karnataka batter switched gears after the first over, hitting Sandeep Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Natarajan for boundaries with ease. Even as the Aussie limited-overs skipper watched from the other end, Padikkal raced to 34 off 22 balls in 5 overs of the innings. Finch was on 10 off 10.
His half century came off 36 balls.
His fine innings comes to an end as Devdutt Padikkal departs for 56.#Dream11IPL #SRHvRCB pic.twitter.com/sRKmCAq8b8
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) September 21, 2020
Paddikal’s stunning debut would not come as a surprise to those who have followed his career in Indian domestic cricket. The Karnataka cricketer was the highest run-scorer in the 50-over Vijay Hazare Trophy and the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy tournaments..
In Karnataka’s winning campaign, the 20-year-old left-hander scored a massive 580 runs in 12 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy games, at a strike rate of 175.75 including an unbeaten century and five 50-plus scores.
Since 2018, Devdutt Paddikal's Average + Strike Rate in T20s is 240.19. The highest in the world among 349 batsmen who have scored at least 500 runs. Having a fine debut for RCB at the moment. #SRHvsRCB
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) September 21, 2020
Well done Devdutt Paddikal for half-century on @IPL debut, let the young man enjoy the moment, do not make him an India cricketer just yet #RCBvSRH #IPL2020 #cricket
— Chandresh Narayanan (@chand2579) September 21, 2020
Half ton for Paddikal on debut, a knock full of coolness while being aggressive on the same time. @AaronFinch5 is starting to come into his own now. Horror time ahead for @SunRisers until they strike! @TV9Bharatvarsh #T20withTV9 #Dream11IPL #RCBvSRH
— Reema Malhotra (@ReemaMalhotra8) September 21, 2020
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