In the Qualifier-1 of Maharaja Trophy T20 2025, Hubli Tigers faced Mangalore Dragons. In this match, Hubli Tigers captain Devdutt Padikkal played a strong innings. But he remained 1 run short of a century.

In the Qualifier-1 of Maharaja Trophy T20 2025, Hubli Tigers captain Devdutt Padikkal played a captaincy innings against Mangalore Dragons. The special thing was that Devdutt Padikkal came to open in this match and remained at the crease for the entire 20 overs. During this, he rained fours and sixes. But he remained one run short of a century. Devdutt Padikkal did something during this innings, which won everyone's heart.

Sacrificed a century for the team

In this important match against Mangalore Dragons, Padikkal played an unbeaten innings of 99 runs, but missed the century. During this innings, Devdutt Padikkal batted at a strike rate of 154.69 and hit 10 fours and 5 sixes. He had a great chance to complete his century during this innings. But he sacrificed his century for the team. Actually, Padikkal needed 2 runs off the last 2 balls of the innings to complete his century. But he thought it right to go to the other end with 1 run. Due to which his fellow batsman Manvant Kumar L hit a six off the last ball of the innings and took the team's score to 210 runs.

Devdutt Padikkal is in great form in this tournament. He is the highest run-scorer in the Maharaja Trophy 2025, and his strike rate has also been above 155. Let us tell you, Padikkal is also the most expensive player in this league. He was included in the team by Hubli Tigers with a record bid of Rs 13.20 lakh. He was in the highest demand in this auction. This year he was also a part of the champion team RCB in IPL.

Has played 4 matches for Team India

Devdutt Padikkal has played 2 Tests and 2 T20 matches for Team India so far. In Tests, he has scored 90 runs with the help of 1 half-century. At the same time, he has scored 38 runs in T20. However, he played his last T20 match for T20 India in the year 2021. At the same time, he played his last Test on the Australia tour last year.