IPL 2021: RCB Devdutt Padikkal’s fiery batting in UAE: It seems like Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) opener Devdutt Padikkal has one thing in mind- clinch the orange cap in IPL 2021. Recently, in a video shared by RCB on Twitter, the opening batsman was seen in his sublime form as he smashed the big hits in the nets during one of RCB’s practice sessions.
The ‘D’ in DDP stands for dynamite. 💥😉 @devdpd07 #PlayBold #WeAreChallengers #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/YXpSc2CtBY
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) September 18, 2021
The 10-second clip featured Padikkal smashing big shots across the stadium. With sixes sailing over mid-off, deep mid-wicket, covers, and point, the 21-year old made the hits seem like child’s play during the training. It seems like Padikkal wants to replicate in previous IPL form this time as well where he emerged as the leading run-scorer for his side.
IPL 2021: Devdutt Padikkal stint with bat for RCB
The 21-year old made headlines right in his debut IPL season where he emerged as one of the leading run-scorers for RCB. In IPL 2020, he played 15 matches for the red brigade, amassed 473 runs and returned with an economy of 31.53.
In this season of IPL, Padikkal aggregated 195 runs in the six matches he played in the first leg and returned with an economy of 39.
IPL 2021: RCB schedule for Phase 2
Virat Kohli led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) displayed promising performance in the first leg of the tournament in India. After the season was abruptly called off in May, the red brigade sat in the third position on the points table. In the seven matches they have played till now, Virat Kohli led side emerged victorious on five occasions.
| Match No. | Day | Date | Time (IST) | Match | Venue |
| 31 | Monday | 20-Sep-21 | 07:30 PM | KKR vs RCB | Abu Dhabi |
| 35 | Friday | 24-Sep-21 | 07:30 PM | RCB vs CSK | Sharjah |
| 39 | Sunday | 26-Sep-21 | 07:30 PM | RCB vs MI | Dubai |
| 43 | Wednesday | 29-Sep-21 | 07:30 PM | RR vs RCB | Dubai |
| 48 | Sunday | 03-Oct-21 | 03:30 PM | RCB vs PBKS | Sharjah |
| 52 | Wednesday | 06-Oct-21 | 07:30 PM | RCB vs SRH | Abu Dhabi |
| 56 | Friday | 08-Oct-21 | 07:30 PM | RCB vs DC | Dubai |
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Squad
Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal, Devdutt Padikkal, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pavan Deshpande, Glenn Maxwell, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Kyle Jamieson, Dan Christian, Suyesh Prabhudessai, KS Bharat, Tim David, Dushmantha Chameera, Wanindu Hasaranga
Also read: IPL 2021 in UAE: 7 new rules IPL teams will have to follow for IPL in UAE
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