Devdutt Padikkal Century: Star batsman Devdutt Padikkal, who created a stir with the bat in domestic cricket, was included in Team India's squad for the 2-Test series against Sri Lanka, after which there was every possibility that Padikkal might get a chance in the playing 11. Before the start of the Test series, Team India played a warm-up match against Sri Lanka XI, in which Padikkal by scoring a century showed how he was going to play on the Sri Lanka tour. Now in the very first test match, Padikkal has scored a brilliant century and played an excellent innings of 167 runs. On the basis of his century, Team India has made a big score. Devdutt Padikkal has created a lot of panic with the bat in the last 12 months. After Ranji Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy and IPL, now he has left a mark in Team India. His bat has rained runs everywhere.

Piles of runs in Vijay Hazare Trophy

Devdutt Padikkal has created a lot of panic with his bat while playing for Karnataka in the 2025-26 season of Vijay Hazare Trophy. He scored a total of 725 runs in 9 innings this season at an excellent average of 90.6, which included 4 brilliant centuries and 2 half-centuries. With this, he has become the first batsman for India in the history of Vijay Hazare Trophy to score more than 700 runs in two different seasons.

Showed strength in Ranji Trophy

Devdutt Padikkal, while captaining Karnataka in the 2025-26 season of Ranji Trophy, scored a total of 543 runs in 10 innings at an excellent average of 60.33. During this brilliant performance, he scored 2 centuries and 1 half-century, which also included the best score of his first-class career, 232 runs.

Shine in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

In the 2025-26 season of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Devdutt Padikkal scored a total of 309 runs in just 6 innings, which included 1 century and 2 half-centuries. During this period, he batted at an excellent average of 61.80 and a stormy strike rate of around 167.

Batting in stormy style in IPL

Even in IPL 2026, Devdutt Padikkal created a lot of noise with the bat. While playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore, he was seen batting in a different and aggressive style. A total of 464 runs were scored in 16 matches this season. He batted at an excellent strike rate of 168.72.

Explosive debut in the first test against Sri Lanka

Now Devdutt Padikkal got a chance in the playing 11 in the first test match being played against Sri Lanka at the Galle International Stadium. In this match, he came to bat at number 3 and played an amazing innings. He scored the first brilliant century of his Test career and put Team India in a very strong position. In this match, Padikkal scored 167 runs facing 230 balls, in which he hit 15 fours and 1 six.