The 25-year-old Devdutt Padikkal is in great form with the bat in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26, as he slammed his third century in four innings. Karnataka opener scored another century on the final day of 2025, when they faced Puducherry in the Elite Group A contest in Ahmedabad. 

Devdutt Padikkal scored 113 runs

After Karnataka chose to bat first, both the openers provided a strong start. Captain Mayank Agarwal and Devdutt Padikkal set a big 228-run partnership for the first wicket, as both the openers slammed centuries. 

While Padikkal scored 113 off 116 balls with 10 fours and four sixes, Mayank scored 132 runs off 124 balls with 15 fours and two sixes. Later, Karun Nair remained not out on 62 off 34 balls with four fours and four sixes, as Karnataka scored 363/4 in 50 overs. 

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Devdutt Padikkal is in great form

It was the third century in the last four games for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) star Padikkal. He started the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 with back-to-back centuries against Jharkhand and Kerala. While his 147 in 118 balls helped Karnataka to chase the 413-run target against Jharkhand, his 124 off 137 balls helped his team to chase the 285-run target, where Karun Nair also scored a century (130*). In their previous game against Tamil Nadu, Padikkal scored 22 runs, but his team successfully chased the 289-run target. 

Padikkal is now the leading run-scorer in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy with 406 runs in four innings with an average of 101.50. Before the ongoing VHT, the left-handed batter also performed impressively in the domestic T20 tournament, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-26. Playing six matches in that tournament, he scored 309 runs with an average of 61.80 and a strike rate of 167.02, including one century and two half-centuries.