Devdutt Padikkal (born 7 July 2000) is an Indian international

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er who plays for

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in domestic cricket and

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(IPL). He made his India debut in the 2021 away T20I against Sri Lanka. He has also played for the India under-19 team.

Early life

Padikkal was born on 7 July 2000 in

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to Ambili Padikkal and Babu Kunnath. In 2011, his family moved from

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, 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

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in the

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Career

He made his first-class debut for

in the

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on 28 November 2018. In December 2018, he was bought by the

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in the player auction for the

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. He became the first player in IPL history to score three fifties in his first four matches. He made his

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debut on 26 September 2019, for Karnataka in the

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. He was the leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 609 runs in eleven matches. In October 2019, he was named in

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's squad for the

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. He made his

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debut on 8 November 2019, for Karnataka in the

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. Padikkal won the Emerging Player Award for the

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(IPL), playing for

. He scored 473 runs in 15 matches for Royal Challengers Bangalore in his debut IPL season. He was selected in Karnataka's squad for the 2021

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. On 22 April 2021, in the

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, Padikkal scored 101

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, as Royal Challengers Bangalore beat the

by ten wickets. In June 2021, he was named in India's

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(ODI) and

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(T20I) squads for their series against Sri Lanka. He made his T20I debut on 28 July 2021, for India against

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. In February 2022, he was bought by the

in the

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for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament. In March 2022, Padikkal scored his maiden first-class century, with 178 runs in the

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match against Puducherry. In April 2022, while playing for the

, he scored his 1,000 run in the IPL.

Honours

* Indian Premier League runner up

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Padikkal, Devdutt 2000 births Living people Indian cricketers India Twenty20 International cricketers Karnataka cricketers Royal Challengers Bangalore cricketers Rajasthan Royals cricketers