'Go to him, he’s main man today' – Devdutt Padikkal recalls special gesture from Virat Kohli on his maiden IPL century

The RCB (former franchise) fame Devdutt Padikkal was at his candid best while reminiscing his maiden IPL century for his former side. Devdutt, who is representing Rajasthan Royals in the 15^th Edition of the IPL, is yet to fire with the bat and fans are missing out on his fluent bat swing and fearless batting in the powerplay overs.

The youngster, who had a brilliant start to his IPL career with a fifty in his debut IPL match, was the highest scorer for RCB in the 2020 edition, scoring 473 runs in 15 innings. Padikkal went on to hit his maiden IPL century in the very next season against his current franchise Rajasthan Royals.

“I pretty much remember everything about that day, you know. All my life I never imagined myself that at 20-years-old, I’ll be scoring an IPL 100,” Devdutt told ‘Red Bull’s Greatness Starts here’, on CricTracker.

Devdutt Padikkal talks about his special moment in detail

“So, to be able to do that, you know in the Wankhede Stadium which has so much history to it and in the presence of people like Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers and cricketers like that, it was just incredible you know. The one thing that I remember pretty clearly was when Virat was being followed by a camera and he was like ‘Go to Devdutt. He’s the main man today and you know that just still gives me goosebumps whenever I think of it. So, it was a special moment for me that day,” he added further.

The 21-year-old has been given a new role at Rajasthan Royals, to bat it out at the crucial number three position (apart from the last two games). Padikkal has scored 114 runs so far in IPL 2022, with 41 being his highest score. After a few initial failures of Jaiswal as an opener, Padikkal was again given the openers shoes against Gujarat Titans and he will look to grab his favourite position with open arms in the coming matches.

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