Devdutt Padikkal

Devdutt Padikkal (born 7 July 2000) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for Karnataka in domestic cricket and Rajasthan Royals in Indian Premier League (IPL).[2] He made his India debut in the 2021 away T20I against Sri Lanka.[3][4] He has also played for the India under-19 team.[5]

Devdutt Padikkal
Dev in 2023
Personal information
Born (2000-07-07) 7 July 2000
Edappal, Kerala, India
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[1]
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleTop order batter
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 89)28 July 2021 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I29 July 2021 v Sri Lanka
T20I shirt no.37
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017–presentGulbarga Mystics
2018–presentKarnataka
2019–2021Royal Challengers Bangalore
2022-presentRajasthan Royals
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 2 24 22 87
Runs scored 38 1,450 1,391 2,649
Batting average 19.00 36.25 77.27 33.53
100s/50s 0/0 2/11 6/8 3/16
Top score 29 178 152 124*
Catches/stumpings 0/– 28/0 9/0 39/0
Source: Cricinfo, 7 July 2023

Early life

Devdutt was born on 7 July 2000 in Edappal, Kerala to Ambili Padikkal and Babunu Kunnath.[6] 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.[7] He completed his Bachelors of Business Administration in St. Joseph’s University of Business Management, Bangalore.

Domestic career

He made his first-class debut for Karnataka in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy on 28 November 2018.[8] In December 2018, he was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League.[9][10] He became the first player in IPL history to score three fifties in his first four matches.[11]

He made his List A debut on 26 September 2019, for Karnataka in the 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy.[12] He was the leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 609 runs in eleven matches.[13]

In October 2019, he was named in India A's squad for the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy.[14] He made his Twenty20 debut on 8 November 2019, for Karnataka in the 2019–20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.[15]

International cricket

In June 2021, he was named in India's One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for their series against Sri Lanka.[16] He made his T20I debut on 28 July 2021, for India against Sri Lanka.[17]

Indian Premier League

Devdutt won the Emerging Player Award for the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL), playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore.[18] He scored 473 runs in 15 matches for Royal Challengers Bangalore in his debut IPL season.[19] He was selected in Karnataka's squad for the 2021 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.[20] On 22 April 2021, in the 2021 Indian Premier League, Devdutt scored 101 not out, as Royal Challengers Bangalore beat the Rajasthan Royals by ten wickets.[21]

In February 2022, he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.[22] In March 2022, Devdutt scored his maiden first-class century, with 178 runs in the 2021–22 Ranji Trophy match against Puducherry.[23] In April 2022, while playing for the Rajasthan Royals, he scored his 1,000 run in the IPL.[24]

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". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  4. Sportstar, Team. "IPL 2020: He made debut in IPL after falling in love with Movva Keertana Yadav. Devdutt Padikkal brings up second fifty in three games for RCB". Sportstar. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  5. "Devdutt Padikkal carves his own niche in star-studded Karnataka line-up". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  6. G, Unnikrishnan (21 September 2020). "Devdutt Padikkal: Know all about the Royal Challengers Bangalore batting star; family, records, age". My Khel. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  7. "'Test cricket is the ultimate': India 'A'-select Devdutt Padikkal shares his dreams". Manorama Online. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  8. "Elite, Group A, Ranji Trophy at Mysore, Nov 28 - Dec 1 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
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  10. "IPL 2019 Auction: Who got whom". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  11. "Devdutt Padikkal only player in IPL history to score 3 fifties in first 4 games". Sportstar. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  12. "Elite, Group A, Vijay Hazare Trophy at Bengaluru, Sep 26 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  13. "Vijay Hazare Trophy, 2019/20: Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  14. "Deodhar Trophy 2019: Hanuma Vihari, Parthiv, Shubman to lead; Yashasvi earns call-up". SportStar. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  15. "Group A, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at Visakhapatnam, Nov 8 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  16. "Shikhar Dhawan to captain India on limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  17. "2nd T20I (N), Colombo (RPS), Jul 28 2021, India tour of Sri Lanka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  18. "IPL 2020 full list of award winners: Jofra Archer is MVP, emerging player award for Devdutt Padikkal and more". Firstpost. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  19. "IPLT20.com - Indian Premier League Official Website". www.iplt20.com. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  20. "Karnataka Squad". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  21. "Padikkal 101*, Kohli 72* flatten Royals in ten-wicket win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  22. "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  23. "Padikkal's maiden unbeaten ton drives Karnataka". The Hindu. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  24. "IPL 2022: Devdutt Padikkal completes 1000 IPL runs, becomes third quickest Indian player to achieve feat". Times Now. 18 April 2022.
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