Devdutt Padikkal

2020

IPL Debut

Batsman

Specialization

23

Age

57

Matches

IPL Squads / Lucknow Super Giants / Devdutt Padikkal

Career Overview/ Highlight : Devdutt Padikkal IPL 2020 to 2024

Kerala-born Devdutt Padikkal was snapped up by RCB for ₹20 lakhs in IPL 2019 auction. But with a team full of big names, he was benched for the entire season.

In 2020, however, he was given a longer run. Opening the innings with Kohli, Padikkal was at his menacing best. Be it his cover drive or his hook, he looked at ease. It was a decent season for RCB, and the then 20-year-old youngster accounted for 473 runs, which had five fifties.

He kept up the excellent work in 2021, where he again breached the 400-run mark. This time, he accounted for a century! All looked good when he moved to the Rajasthan Royals for a whopping ₹7.75 crore.

Being a solid opener, he struggled to bat at three for the franchise. Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal had already reserved the opening slot. He amassed 376 and 261 runs in 2022 and 2023 but was traded to the Lucknow Super Giants for his original price of ₹7.75 crore.

Devdutt Padikkal IPL 2020 to 2024: Performance Chart

Year	Mat	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	S/R	100	50	4s	6s	Price
2023	11	11	1	261	52	26.10	130.50	0	2	31	6	7.75 Cr
2022	17	17	0	376	54	22.12	122.88	0	1	40	14	7.75 Cr
2021	14	14	1	411	101*	31.61	125.30	1	1	44	14	20 lakhs
2020	15	15	0	473	74	31.53	124.80	0	5	51	8	20 lakhs

Abbreviations & Acronyms Mat -> Matches, Inn -> Innings, Runs -> Total Runs, HS -> Highest Score, SR -> Batting Strike Rate, Price -> Value of the Player,CT -> Catch out, ST -> Stump out

Achievements & Records

Second RCB player to score a half-century on his IPL debut – 56 vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
Joint highest half-centuries in IPL 2020 – 5 fifties
Won the IPL Emerging Player of the Year award in 2020
RCB’s highest run-scorer in IPL 2020
Only RCB and left-handed batter to score a hundred in IPL 2021 – 101* vs Rajasthan Royals

Interesting Devdutt Padikkal Facts

Devdutt Padikkal was tested positive for coronavirus and missed RCB’s opening match in IPL 2021 season.
Though Devdutt Padikkal was born in Kerala, he represents Karnataka in first-class cricket.
Devdutt Padikkal made his India debut in July 2021 in a T20I series against Sri Lanka.