 "The Indian batsman broke the records of Kohli and de Villiers … also completed 2000 runs")
New Delhi- Indian team batsman Devdutt Padikal has registered a big achievement to his name. He scored a half-century in the semi-final and took his team Karnataka to the final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Padikal, who has been causing a stir in domestic cricket for the past 6 years, scored 86 runs in the semi-final against Haryana. Meanwhile, Padikal also completed his 2000 runs in List A cricket. He has scored these runs at an average of 82.38. Padikal has overtaken Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers for the highest run average among List A batsmen with at least 2000 runs. The Indian team is scheduled to host England in a 3-match ODI series. So Team India has not been announced yet. In such a scenario, the question is whether Pedical will get a chance in the home ODI series against England. He is still waiting for his ODI debut.
Devdutt Padikal has scored 2063 runs in 41 matches in List A cricket. During this period, his batting average has been 82.52. He has scored 9 centuries and 12 fifties in List A cricket. Padikal became the first batsman to score the first 2000 runs with the highest average in List A cricket. He left behind Rituraj Gaikwad (58.16), former Australian Michael Bevan (57.86), Virat Kohli (57.05) and AB de Villiers (53.47).
The 24-year-old Devdutt Padikal has so far got a chance to play in T20Is and Tests for India. He is still waiting for his ODI debut. In the year 2021, he entered international cricket for the first time. He played two T20 matches against Sri Lanka. The batsmen scored 30 runs in the two matches. After this, he could not return to the T20 team again. He made his Test debut in the year 2024. He played an innings of 65 runs in the Test against England. Then he was dropped from the team.
Devdutt Padikal recently got the opportunity on the tour of Australia. He was dismissed for zero in the first innings of the Test match against Australia while he scored 25 runs in the second innings. However, he was dropped in the very next Test. The Indian team has to play a 3-match ODI series against England from February 6. It will be interesting to see if the Indian selection committee led by Ajit Agarkar gives him a chance or not.