The Christmas cake might be tasting sweeter for Devdutt Padikkal and his Karnataka team-mates after the defending champion made a successful begin to its Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 marketing campaign by chasing down a document whole on the Narendra Modi Stadium Floor B right here on Wednesday.
The sombre temper within the Karnataka camp throughout the lunch break progressed to staccato claps and whistles as captain Mayank Agarwal and Devdutt Padikkal hit a flurry of boundaries to offer their group a flying begin.
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“Each of us have been constructive from the beginning and the wicket was supreme for strokeplay. The bowlers didn’t have a lot management and we capitalised on it. My plan was to remain until the tip. I’m upset that I couldn’t end the match. Their spinners bowled nicely and our plan was to play them out and look forward to the pacers to come back for the second spell. It’s good to start out with a century and I’m blissful I used to be capable of contribute to the win,” stated Devdutt Padikkal.
“To be sincere there we didn’t have any particular plans within the chase however we knew we wanted to bat fairly nicely within the first 30 overs. Padikkal gave us an excellent begin and the momentum was carried on by the opposite batters. We sensed victory after we reached one thing like 220 within the thirtieth over. It was a flat wicket and defending 190 plus within the last 20 was at all times going to be tough. Hats off to Abhinav Manohar and younger Dhruv Prabhakar for pulling it off with a great partnership beneath stress,” stated Karnataka captain Mayank Agarwal.
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