Devdutt Padikkal
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| Born | 7 July 2000 Edappal, Kerala, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Top order batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 314) | 7 March 2024 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 23 August 2026 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–present | Karnataka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021, 2025–present | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Rajasthan Royals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Lucknow Super Giants | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 19 August 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Devdutt Padikkal (born 7 July 2000) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Indian national team as a left-handed top order batter. He represents Karnataka in domestic cricket and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League.
Early life
[edit]Devdutt Padikkal was born on 7 July 2000 in Edappal, Kerala to Ambili Padikkal and Babunu Kunnath.[1] Living in Hyderabad then, his father felt Bengaluru was the right place for his son to develop his potential. At the age of 10, Devdutt joined the Karnataka Institute of Cricket in Bengaluru, where he began his training. He completed his early schooling at the Army Public School and the St Joseph's Boys' High School, Bengaluru. He later earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from St. Joseph's College of Commerce in Bengaluru.[2]
Domestic career
[edit]Devdutt made his first-class debut for Karnataka in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy on 28 November 2018.[3]
He made his List A debut on 26 September 2019, for Karnataka in the 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy.[4] He was the leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 609 runs in eleven matches.[5] In October 2019, he was named in India A's squad for the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy.[6] He made his Twenty20 debut on 8 November 2019, for Karnataka in the 2019–20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.[7]
He was selected in Karnataka's squad for the 2021–22 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.[8]
In March 2022, he made his maiden first-class century, with 178 runs in the 2021–22 Ranji Trophy match against Puducherry.[9]
In August 2024, he was named in India D's squad for 2024–25 Duleep Trophy.
International cricket
[edit]In June 2021, Devdutt was named in India's One Day International and Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for their series against Sri Lanka.[10] He made his T20I debut on 28 July 2021, for India against Sri Lanka.[11][12]
In February 2024, he was added to India's Test squad for their series against England as a replacement of KL Rahul.[13] He made his Test debut in the fifth match of the same series on 7 March 2024.[14][15] He scored 65 runs off 103 balls in his debut test innings, which included 10 fours and 1 six.
On 15 August, 2026, he hit his maiden Test and international century during the first test against Sri Lanka, off 134 balls.[16] He ended up scoring 167 off 230 balls.[17] During the second test against Sri Lanka, at Colombo on 23 August, he hit another century and scored 117 off 193 balls.[18]
Indian Premier League
[edit]In December 2018, Devdutt was bought by the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League (IPL).[19][20] He became the first player in IPL history to score three fifties in his first four matches.[21]
He won the Emerging Player Award for the 2020 Indian Premier League, playing for Royal Challengers Bengaluru.[22] He scored 473 runs in 15 matches for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in that IPL season.[23]
On 22 April 2021, in the 2021 Indian Premier League, he scored his maiden hundred with the score of 101*, as the Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat the Rajasthan Royals by ten wickets.[24]
In February 2022, he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League.[25] In April 2022, while playing for the Rajasthan Royals, he scored his 1,000th run in the IPL.[26]
In November 2023, he was traded to Lucknow Super Giants ahead of the auction of the 2024 season.[27]
He was bought by the Royal Challengers Bengaluru at his base price of ₹2 crore (US$210,000) in the 2025 Indian Premier League auction. Midway through the season, he was ruled out due to injury.
International centuries
[edit]Test centuries
[edit]| Runs | Against | Pos. | Inn. | Test | S/R | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result |
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| 167 |  Sri Lanka |
3 | 1 | 1/2 | 72.60 | Galle International Stadium, Galle | Away | 15 August 2026 | Won |
| 117 | Sri Lanka |
3 | 1 | 2/2 | 60.62 | SSC Cricket Ground, Colombo | Away | 23 August 2026 | Draw |
References
[edit]- ↑ G, Unnikrishnan (21 September 2020). "Devdutt Padikkal: Know all about the Royal Challengers Bangalore batting star; family, records, age". myKhel.
- ↑ "Devdutt Padikkal". Deccan Herald. 27 December 2019.
- ↑ "Elite, Group A, Ranji Trophy at Mysore, Nov 28 - Dec 1 2018". Cricinfo. 28 November 2018.
- ↑ "Elite, Group A, Vijay Hazare Trophy at Bengaluru, Sep 26 2019". Cricinfo. 26 September 2019.
- ↑ "Vijay Hazare Trophy, 2019/20: Most runs". Cricinfo. 25 October 2019.
- ↑ "Deodhar Trophy 2019: Hanuma Vihari, Parthiv, Shubman to lead; Yashasvi earns call-up". Sportstar. 24 October 2019.
- ↑ "Group A, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at Visakhapatnam, Nov 8 2019". Cricinfo. 8 November 2019.
- ↑ "Karnataka Squad". Cricinfo. 3 January 2021.
- ↑ Dinakar, S. (3 March 2022). "Padikkal's maiden unbeaten ton drives Karnataka". The Hindu.
- ↑ "Shikhar Dhawan to captain India on limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka". Cricinfo. 10 June 2021.
- ↑ "SL vs Ind, 2nd T20: Devdutt Padikkal becomes first male cricketer born in this century to play for India". India Today.
- ↑ "2nd T20I (N), Colombo (RPS), Jul 28 2021, India tour of Sri Lanka". Cricinfo. 28 July 2021.
- ↑ "KL Rahul ruled out of third India vs England Test; Devdutt Padikkal called up". Cricinfo. 12 February 2024.
- ↑ "5th Test: Devdutt Padikkal makes debut as England choose to bat first against India". Telangana Today. 7 March 2024. Archived from the original on 23 March 2025.
- ↑ "5th Test, Dharamsala, March 07 - 11, 2024, England tour of India". Cricinfo. 7 March 2024.
- ↑ "Devdutt Padikkal cracks maiden Test hundred for IND vs SL in Galle". The Indian Express. 15 August 2026.
- ↑ Bhattacharjee, Probuddha (16 August 2026). "'Hunger to score more runs': Devdutt Padikkal reveals what drove him to turn maiden Test hundred into towering 167". Hindustan Times.
- ↑ "Devdutt Padikkal brings up another century, continues sublime form vs Sri Lanka". The Indian Express. 23 August 2026. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
- ↑ "IPL 2019 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". Cricinfo. 18 December 2018.
- ↑ "IPL 2019 Auction: Who got whom". The Times of India. 18 December 2018.
- ↑ "Devdutt Padikkal only player in IPL history to score 3 fifties in first 4 games". Sportstar. 3 October 2020.
- ↑ "IPL 2020 full list of award winners: Jofra Archer is MVP, emerging player award for Devdutt Padikkal and more". Firstpost. 11 November 2020.
- ↑ "IPLT20". IPL. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020.
- ↑ "Padikkal 101*, Kohli 72* flatten Royals in ten-wicket win". Cricinfo. 22 April 2021.
- ↑ "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". Cricinfo. 13 February 2022.
- ↑ "IPL 2022: Devdutt Padikkal completes 1000 IPL runs, becomes third quickest Indian player to achieve feat". Times Now. 18 April 2022.
- ↑ Gollapudi, Nagraj (22 November 2023). "Royals trade Padikkal for Super Giants' Avesh in straight swap". Cricinfo.