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Born | Edappal, Kerala, India | 7 July 2000|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Top-order batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National side |
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Only Test (cap 314) | 7 March 2024 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 89) | 28 July 2021 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 29 July 2021 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–present | Gulbarga Mystics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–present | Karnataka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Rajasthan Royals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024- present | Lucknow Super Giants | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
ESPNcricinfo, 5 April 2024 |
Devdutt Padikkal (born 7 July 2000) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for Karnataka in domestic cricket and the Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League (IPL). [1] He made his India debut in the 2021 away T20I against Sri Lanka. [2] [3] He has also played for the India under-19 team. [4]
Padikkal was born on 7 July 2000 in Edappal, Kerala to Ambili Padikkal and Babunu Kunnath. [5] 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] He completed his Bachelor's of Business Administration in St. Joseph's University of Business Management, Bangalore.
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]
In June 2021, he was named in India's One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for their series against Sri Lanka. [15] He made his T20I debut on 28 July 2021, for India against Sri Lanka. [16]
In February 2024, he was added to India's Test squad for their series against England as a replacement of KL Rahul. [17] He made his Test debut in 5th match of the same series on 7 March 2024. [18] Padikkal scored 65 runs off 103 balls in his debut test innings. His inning included 10 fours and 1 six.
Padikkal won the Emerging Player Award for the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL), playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore. [19] He scored 473 runs in 15 matches for Royal Challengers Bangalore in his debut IPL season. [20] He was selected in Karnataka's squad for the 2021 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. [21] On 22 April 2021, in the 2021 Indian Premier League, Devdutt scored his maiden hundred with the score of 101 * , as Royal Challengers Bangalore beat the Rajasthan Royals by ten wickets. [22]
In February 2022, he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament. [23] In March 2022, Padikkal scored his maiden first-class century, with 178 runs in the 2021–22 Ranji Trophy match against Puducherry. [24] In April 2022, while playing for the Rajasthan Royals, he scored his 1,000 run in the IPL. [25]
In November 2023, he was traded to Lucknow Super Giants ahead of the auction of the 2024 season. [26]