Devdutt Padikkal created a stir by scoring 3 centuries in the last 4 innings, recorded this special achievement in his name in Colombo.

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Devdutt Padikkal: Devdutt Padikkal, the 26-year-old left-handed batsman of the Indian cricket team, has made his name famous. On the first day of the second Test match being played between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo, Padikkal has once again attracted everyone's attention by playing a brilliant century. In the absence of Sai Sudarshan, Padikkal, who got a chance in the playing-11 of Team India, has created a stir.

He has scored a lot of runs with his bat during the Sri Lanka tour. Devdutt Padikkal has become the batsman who scored the most runs in the Test series being played between India and Sri Lanka. He has scored a total of 328 runs in 3 innings of 2 matches with the help of 2 half-centuries. During this period, 33 fours and 1 six also came from his bat.

Padikkal scored 3 centuries in 4 innings in Sri Lanka

Devdutt Padikkal has batted 4 times so far on the Sri Lanka tour. He first played on Sri Lankan soil in the warm-up match against Sri Lanka XI. In this way, in his first innings of this tour on the grounds of Sri Lanka, he played an unbeaten inning of 142 runs facing 164 balls.

After this, he scored 167 runs on 230 balls in the first innings of the first official Test match played between India and Sri Lanka in Galle. He scored 44 runs in 75 balls in the second innings of this match. Now he has scored a century in the first innings of the second test match being played in Colombo. He scored 117 runs in 197 balls in his fourth innings on the Sri Lanka tour.

Padikkal scored his second consecutive century in Colombo

Devdutt Padikkal first scored a century in Galle. After this he also scored a century in Colombo. Padikkal has scored two centuries in two consecutive test matches. With this, a special achievement has been registered in his name.

In the first Test match being played between India and Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo, Padikkal played an excellent inning of 117 runs with the help of 12 fours while facing 193 balls. With this century, Devdutt Padikkal has become the first Indian batsman to score centuries in two consecutive Test matches while playing on foreign soil after the year 2018-19.

Cheteshwar Pujara had done this feat before Devdutt Padikkal. Pujara did this during the Border-Gavaskar Test series played in 2018-19. Pujara played brilliant innings of 106 runs in Melbourne Test and 193 runs in Sydney. Now Padikkal has also been included in this special list.

Status of India and Sri Lanka second test match

In this match, Team India came on the field to bat first after winning the toss. KL Rahul returned to the pavilion cheaply after scoring 18 runs. Asitha Fernando clean bowled Yashasvi Jaiswal on the score of 45 runs and showed him the way to the pavilion. After this Shubman Gill left after scoring 50 runs. Devdutt Padikkal became the fourth victim of Sri Lanka. Team India got the last blow before the end of the first day in the form of Ravindra Jadeja 43. By the end of the first day's play, the Indian team has scored 300 runs in 85 overs. Dhruv Jurel and Saransh Jain remain unbeaten at the crease after scoring 4 runs.

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