Devdutt Padikkal Caste: India defeated Sri Lanka badly by 165 runs in the Galle Test. In this match, Indian team’s left-handed star batsman Devdutt Padikkal (Devdutt Padikkal) Performed brilliantly. He played a historic inning of 167 runs in the first innings. After this, Padikkal scored 44 runs in the second innings also. He was the highest run scorer for India in this test match. For this brilliant performance of Padikkal, he was also given the Player of the Match award. After India’s victory, Devdutt Padikkal is being talked about a lot. In such a situation, let us know all the details about Devdutt Padikkal…
Devdutt Padikkal comes from which state?
Indian batsman Devdutt Padikkal was born on July 7, 2000 in Edappal, Malappuram district of Kerala. However, later Padikkal’s family shifted to Bengaluru. He also grew up in Bengaluru, after which he entered the world of cricket. He plays for Karnataka in domestic cricket. He made his debut for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2021 after performing brilliantly in domestic cricket. After this, he also debuted for the Indian team in T20 International in the same year. At present he is a part of the Indian Test team.
What is Devdutt Padikkal’s caste?
Devdutt Padikkal originally comes from a Hindu Malayali family from Kerala. His father’s name is Babunu Kunnath and mother’s name is Ambili Padikkal. According to the information, Devdutt got his surname from his mother’s lineage. Actually, matrilineal tradition is followed in some specific communities of Kerala. According to this, Devdutt got the surname of his mother i.e. Padikkal instead of his father’s surname (Kunnath).
Let us tell you that ‘Padikkal’ is in the history of Kerala. (Padikkal) The surname has traditionally been associated with distinguished or educated ancient families of Nair, Brahmin or some other upper castes and communities. However, Cricket or his family have never made any official public statement regarding their caste.
Devdutt Padikkal’s journey
The journey of this 26 year old batsman has not been so easy. When Padikkal started his career and started growing rapidly, he suffered from a serious stomach ailment. Because of this, Padikkal lost a lot of weight and his form also went away. After this he returned to the field and consistently performed brilliantly in domestic cricket. Due to this, he got a chance in the Dharamsala Test against England in March 2024. In this match he scored 65 runs in the first innings. However, he did not get many chances in the test match and he was out of the team.
Got a chance to tour Sri Lanka
Devdutt Padikkal returned to the Indian Test team after almost 2 years. Padikkal was selected in the squad for the Sri Lanka tour, but it was not certain that he would play. Meanwhile, Sai Sudarshan got injured and was out of the team, due to which Padikkal got a chance to bat at number three. He capitalized on this opportunity and cemented his place by scoring a century in the very first test match against Sri Lanka. He played an important role in India’s victory by scoring 167 runs in the first innings and 44 runs in the second innings.