27 February,2021 09:05 AM IST | Bangalore | PTI
Devdutt Padikkal
Young opener Devdutt Padikkal continued his sensational form, smashing a second successive century to lead defending champions Karnataka to a nine-wicket win over Kerala in the Vijay Hazare Trophy here on Friday.
Chasing 278, Karnataka cantered home with 27 balls to spare with the RCB opener hitting 13 fours and two sixes in an unbeaten knock of 126 from 138 balls.
He got a fine support from Krishnamurthy Siddharth (84-ball 86 not out; 5x4, 3x6) as they toyed with the Kerala attack in their match-winning 180-run undefeated stand.
Fresh from his 152 against Odisha, Padikkal carried on from where he left and put on a 99-run opening stand with skipper Ravikumar Samarth (62).
Padikkal, who also has two half-centuries, now leads the Vijay Hazare run chart with 427 runs from four matches at an astounding average of 142.33.
Earlier, Abhimanyu Mithun (5-52) and Prasidh Krishna (2-65) shared seven wickets to restrict Kerala to 277 for eight.
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