SRH v RCB, IPL 2020: Devdutt Padikkal slams fifty on RCB debut
Devdutt Padikkal had finished as the top-scorer in the last season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament.
Published : Sep 21, 2020 19:37 IST
Devdutt Padikkal has been making news over the past year for his performances in the domestic circuit and it comes as no surprise that skipper Virat Kohli picked the 20-year-old to feature in his very first IPL match on Monday. The left-hander, opening the batting with Australia's Aaron Finch, went on to score 56 in just 42 balls. The last player to score a half-century on IPL debut was Sam Billings in 2016. While the last Indian was Kedar Jadhav in 2010, Shreevats Goswami in 2008 is the only other RCB player to have achieved this feat. The Karnataka batsman had, earlier, not only finished as the top-scorer in the previous Vijay Hazare Trophy, but also topped the run charts at the Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament last season. In the 20-over format, the 20-year-old had hammered 580 runs at an impressive strike rate of 175.75.
He was also recently named in the Australia squad for the England ODI and T20I series. However, he is yet to feature in an international match.