Devdutt Padikkal who shared his birthdaydate with Mahendra Singh Dhoni, a former Indian Captain, turns 21 today!
He is currently in Sri Lanka and getting ready to beatthe hosts for the upcoming limited-overs series which is commencing from July31st in Colombo.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), wishedthe Karnataka batsman by twitting and wished the cricketer in his own stylewith a 30-second video clip of his in which Padikkal could be seen timing theball extremely well.
The apex governing body of cricket in India captioned thevideo clip as, “SOUND ON! 30 seconds of the birthday boy timing the ball toperfection in the nets
Happy birthday, @devdpd07! #TeamIndia #SLvIND”
Earlier in the day, The Board of Control for Cricket inIndia had put a poster to wish Padikkal on his birthday. The post captioned“Birthday boy all smiles. Happy Birthday Devdutt Padilkkal #TeamIndia.”
This tour is going to be the debut tour for theyoungster. While players the likes Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and other regularplayers are touring England for a 5-match Test series, while the swashbucklingleft-handed batsman, Padikkal and several young cricketers such as Nitish Rana,Ruturaj Gaikwad and Chetan Sakariya have received their maiden call-ups afterthe announcement of India’s 20-men-squad to play against Sri Lanka Padikkal hasbeen selected for this tour after impressive performances in India’s domesticlimited-overs tournaments.
In Vijay Hazare Trophy season, which was held in 2021, hesmashed 737 runs and finished second on the highest scorer list of the season,and mentioning the IPL 2021 he played 6 matches and mustered 195 runs.