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Padikkal was named the Player of the Match. | Photo Credit: PTI The charge of the young brigade helped India defeat Sri Lanka in the first Test. Devdutt Padikkal, 26, and Manav Suthar, 24, were the prime architects of this demographic bonus rippling with vitality. Playing his third Test, Padikkal was expected to be both…
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Devdutt Padikkal made scores of 167 and 44 in the Galle Test. | Photo Credit: PTI The No. 3 slot in Indian Test batsmanship has featured some splendid players. Dilip Vengsarkar, Rahul Dravid and Cheteshwar Pujara turned out in the past, and cut to the present, it is either Sai Sudharsan or Devdutt Padikkal, who…
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A scrambled single to mid-off, a little leap in the air. The helmet whipped off, arms held half-aloft, his face bathed in a million-dollar smile. And just like that, Devdutt Padikkal became the 84th player to conjure a Test century for India. And it wasn’t just any hundred. It was Padikkal’s maiden three-figure knock in…
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Devdutt Padikkal plays a shot on Day 2 of the 5th Test match against England, at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, in Dharamsala on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI More than once, the ball off the outside edge of his bat flew out of fielders’ reach. Some misfields raised his boundary count. A couple of…
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