IPL 2021: Devdutt Padikkal joins RCB camp after negative COVID-19 test
Cricket | April 07, 2021 11:12 ISTRCB opener Devdutt Padikkal has joined the franchise's squad after returning a negative COVID-19 test on Wednesday.
RCB opener Devdutt Padikkal has joined the franchise's squad after returning a negative COVID-19 test on Wednesday.
The 14th edition of the lucrative league starts in Mumbai on April 9 with RCB taking on defending champions Mumbai Indians.
Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman Devdutt Padikkal has tested COVID-19 positive.
Karnataka rode on skipper Ravikumar Samarth's knock of 192 off 158 balls and a stroke-filled 101 by 20-year-old left-handed Padikkal (off 119 balls) to post an imposing 338/3 and then bundled out the opposition for 258.
Chasing Kerala's 278, Karnataka cantered home with 27 balls to spare with the Royal Challengers Bangalore opener hitting 13 fours and two sixes.
The 20-year-old opener smashed five sixes and 14 fours en route to his third List A century.
Padikkal also had a stellar domestic season, finishing as the highest run-getter in both the Vijay Hazare 50-over tournament and the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
Padikkal finished ahead of Kohli and AB de Villiers in the list of highest run-getters for RCB this year.
The Karnataka lad also bagged the Emerging Player of the Season award.
AB de Villiers joined his Royal Challengers Bangalore teammate Devdutt Padikkal and KL Rahul to score five half-centuries.
Padikkal achieved the feat during the IPL 2020 game against Delhi Capitals at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
Opener Padikkal, 20, has been a revelation this Indian Premier League (IPL) season for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), scoring 422 runs at an average of 32.46.
With 343 runs in 11 matches, Padikkal (20) is RCB's second-highest run-scorer this season behind captain Virat Kohli and has consistently given them good starts at the top of the order
Players like Ravi Bishnoi, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Tewatia, Devdutt Padikkal, T Natarajan, Kartik Tyagi have impressed many in the cricket fraternity with both their skills and ability to handle pressure while playing against the best of cricketers in the Indian Premier League.
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