Devdutt Padikkal scores his fourth consecutive century in Vijay Hazare Trophy!

Devdutt Padikkal scored his 4th consecutive century in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy tournament which powered Karnataka in to the semis after a 80 run win against Kerala.

Earlier Kerala captain Sachin Baby won the toss and put Karnataka to bat = Openers captain Ravikumar Samarth registered his career highest score of 192 in 158 balls along with Devdutt Padikkal who hit a 101 in 119 balls. This is the 4th century in a row of Padikkal, following 152, 126*, 145*.

The RCB opener is having a great tournament with a 50+ score in all his matches so far. Padikkal in the tournament so far:

52 v Uttar Pradesh
97 v Bihar
152 v Odisha
126* v Kerala
145* v Railways
101 v Kerala

Padikkal’s stats in the tournament read as 673 runs in 6 innings – Batting Average: 168.25 – Strike Rate: 95.59 – 100s: 4 – 50s: 2 – 4s: 61 – 6s: 20

Match Summary: Karnataka v Kerala 2nd quarterfinal

Karnataka 338/3 in 50 overs
Devdutt Padikkal 101 (119) – 10 Fours & 2 Sixes
Ravikumar Samarth 192 (158) – 22 Fours & 3 Sixes
S Sreesanth 10-173-0
Nedimankuzhy Basil 8-0-57-3

Kerala 258 in 43.4 overs
Vathsal Govind 92 (96) – 6 Fours & 3 Sixes
Mohammed Azharuddeen 52 (34) – 5 Fours & 2 Sixes
Ronit More 9-0-36-5
Shreyas Gopal 10-0-64-2

Karnataka won by 80 runs