Devdutt Padikkal

51 articles tagged with "Devdutt Padikkal"

Oct 10, 2026

KL Rahul made 130 and 141 in last season’s Ranji knockouts, and he is back for Karnataka’s opener in Vijayawada

KL Rahul is in Karnataka’s side for their Ranji Trophy opener against Andhra from Sunday, part of a BCCI push for India’s Test players to get red-ball...

Oct 2, 2026

Liam Scott took five, and India A’s last pair batted out three overs to win the series in Puducherry

India A were 292 for 9 chasing 365 with three overs left, and Nachiket Bhute and Praful Hinge kept Australia A out to draw the second four-day game an...

Sep 25, 2026

Padikkal did not enforce the follow-on, and India A still beat Australia A by 162 runs

Australia A lost five wickets before lunch on the last day in Puducherry, and Shams Mulani finished them off with seven in the match.

Sep 23, 2026

Kumar Kushagra retired hurt on 82 and came back for 113, and Australia A were bowled out for 171

India A lead by 163 after two days in Puducherry, where Shams Mulani took four wickets and Australia A’s top four were gone with 40 on the board.

$Sai Sudharsan is back from a toe fracture, and the Border-Gavaskar auditions start in Puducherry$

Sep 22, 2026

Sai Sudharsan is back from a toe fracture, and the Border-Gavaskar auditions start in Puducherry

India A and Australia A begin a four-day match in Puducherry on Tuesday, the first of five fixtures on a tour that doubles as a selection exercise for...

Sep 12, 2026

Padikkal made 328 runs while Sudharsan was injured, and now Sudharsan is his vice-captain

The BCCI has handed Devdutt Padikkal the India A captaincy for two four-day matches against Australia A in Puducherry, starting September 22. Hardik P...

Sep 8, 2026

Shami bowled 11 overs for 17 runs, and South Zone are 267 short of avoiding the follow-on

East Zone lead the Duleep Trophy final by 466 with two days left in Chennai, and Tilak Varma is the last recognised batter South Zone have left.

Sep 8, 2026

Karun Nair was left out twice in a week, and he scored a hundred somewhere else

A selection row has opened up at the Duleep Trophy final in Chennai, where South Zone’s coach and their most decorated batter have given different acc...

Sep 4, 2026

Padikkal and Siraj are in South Zone’s squad, and East Zone have Shami and Mukesh Kumar

India’s player of the series in Sri Lanka and one of his Test team-mates were added to South Zone’s squad on Friday. The Duleep Trophy final starts at...

Aug 27, 2026

Dinusha batted seven hours for 133 not out, and India settled for a 1-0 series win

Sri Lanka began the last day 16 in front with four wickets standing. They batted through all of it, declared, and the Colombo Test was drawn.

Aug 23, 2026

Padikkal has a hundred in each Test of this series, and Pant retired hurt on 3 after a blow to the wrist

India closed the first day in Colombo on 300 for 5. Devdutt Padikkal made 117, his second Test century in successive matches, and Rishabh Pant left th...

Aug 22, 2026

India are fifth in the WTC table, and Gambhir says the rankings do not matter

India’s head coach was asked in Colombo whether his Test side is struggling, and would not accept the question. Gambhir has the Galle win and two whit...

Aug 19, 2026

Suthar’s 10 for 131 wins Galle, and no India bowler has taken 10 in Sri Lanka for less

India beat Sri Lanka by 165 runs on the final day at Galle to go 1-0 up with one Test to play. Manav Suthar, playing his second Test, took six on the...

Aug 17, 2026

Sri Lanka were 90 for 5 at Galle, and Dinusha’s maiden hundred still left them 178 behind

India took all five wickets to fall in the morning session at Galle, then spent the rest of the third day watching a 25-year-old make his first Test c...

Aug 16, 2026

India lose seven for 172 after Padikkal’s 167, and Galle has produced 116 overs in two days

India closed day two at Galle on 460 for 9, having lost seven wickets for 172 runs in the only session and a half the weather allowed. Devdutt Padikka...

Aug 15, 2026

Padikkal’s first Test hundred is India’s first at No. 3 by a left-hander since Ganguly

Devdutt Padikkal reached three figures off 134 balls in Galle after Yashasvi Jaiswal was run out in a tangle with the bowler and KL Rahul retired hurt...

Aug 13, 2026

India’s No. 3 at Galle: Padikkal should play, and not for the reason everyone says

Sai Sudharsan’s toe has left India choosing between Devdutt Padikkal and Sarfaraz Khan at first drop in Galle. The case for the left-hander is tactica...

Aug 10, 2026

Sarfaraz Khan replaces Sudharsan for the Sri Lanka Tests, 21 months after his last one

Sai Sudharsan’s toe has not cleared in time for Galle, and India have turned to a batter who last played a Test in November 2024. Sarfaraz Khan joins...

Aug 9, 2026

India built a fake day-four Galle pitch in Colombo, then let schoolboys bowl on it

India’s coaching staff found a patch of uncurated turf at the NCC in Colombo, measured 22 yards across it and sent schoolboy spinners at their top ord...

Aug 8, 2026

Sudharsan’s toe rules him out of Galle, and Padikkal’s 142 lands the same afternoon

India lost their No. 3 to a toe stress fracture and found a replacement in the same day’s play in Colombo.

Jun 7, 2026

India’s batting riches are turning selection into a happy problem

Five fifties in one declared innings, two wicketkeepers in the same XI and a No. 7 making runs: India’s Test batting has become so deep that the only...

May 13, 2026

Kohli’s unbeaten 105 ends the duck streak and pushes RCB back to the IPL 2026 top spot

Two ducks into one century: Virat Kohli’s 105 off 60 at Raipur drives Royal Challengers Bengaluru past Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets and back t...

Apr 29, 2026

RCB return to Ahmedabad less than a week on from chasing 206 in Bengaluru, with Gujarat asked the same question again

Royal Challengers Bengaluru travel to the Narendra Modi Stadium on Thursday night to face Gujarat Titans, less than a week after Virat Kohli’s 81 off...

Apr 27, 2026

Hazlewood four-for and a Bhuvneshwar three rip Delhi for 75 as RCB cruise home in 6.3 overs

Royal Challengers Bengaluru bowled Delhi Capitals out for 75 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Monday and chased it down with nine wickets and 81 deliver...