The Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee will soon announce the squad for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Some of the players have shown form and class in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, and it will not be easy for the national selection committee to ignore them for the global tournament in Pakistan and Dubai. Devdutt Padikkal played another good knock for Karnataka in the fifty-over competition to take his team to the final.
Chasing 238 runs against Haryana at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara, Karnataka lost their captain, Mayank Agarwal, in the first over. However, Padikkal, who joined the state team after returning from Australia, where he played in the series opener in Perth, scored a well-compiled 86 runs and added 128 for the third wicket with Smaran (76) as Karnataka completed the target with 16 deliveries left.
Devdutt Padikkal goes past Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers
Padikkal completed 2000 runs in List A cricket. His average of 82.38 is the highest in the history of the fifty-over format among players, with a minimum of 2000 runs. He is ahead of Ruturaj Gaikwad (58.16), Michael Bevan (57.86), Virat Kohli (57.05) and AB de Villiers (53.47).
The left-hander has amassed seven fifty-plus innings in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a streak spanning two seasons. He has managed 86, 102, 114, 93*, 70, 117 and 71*.
He posted 102 runs off 99 balls in the quarterfinal match against Baroda. He replaced injured Shubman Gill in the first Test against Australia. Devdutt Padikkal scored 0 and 25 in the match.
Padikkal has made his case stronger for the Champions Trophy. He will compete against Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill for a spot in the team.
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