IPL2020: Devdutt Padikkal scores 3 fifties in first 4 games ; become first IPL player to do so

Cricket | Sunday | 4th October, 2020

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) youth Devdutt Padikkal proceeded with his great structure as he turned into the main part in IPL history to score three fifties in his initial four games during his side's match against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.

Padikkal arrived at his 50 years with a brassy bump off Jaydev Unadkat for four. He beat a short third man and arrived at the achievement in 34 deliveries, which included five fours and a six.

In their initial round of the season against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Australia's Aaron Finch and Padikkal had put on an impressive opening substitute fast time. The ordinarily touchy Finch had assumed a supporting role to IPL debutant Padikkal, who took on the assaulting part easily.

“I can play whatever role the team needs. Dev got off to a great start, so it was my job to give him a strike. On some days, that role might be reversed," Finch had said at the time.

In the trip against Mumbai Indians, both Padikkal and Finch sacked half-hundreds of years and put on a first-wicket organization of 81 in quite a while. Padikkal was in the long run excused by Trent Boult for 54 runs off 40 balls, in the wake of figuring out how to score five fours and two maximums.

The 20-year-old Karnataka batsman has a T20 normal of 57.58 and strikes a pace of 166.90. He was the top-scorer in both the 2019-20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy too.