Devdutt Padikkal has taken bull by the horn and done exceedingly well: RCB coach

RCB assistant coach Malolan Rangarajan has said that Devdutt Padikkal has taken the bull by the horn and has done exceedingly well in IPL 2025. Padikkal has scored 230 runs in 8 matches for Bengaluru this season. 

"When Devdutt was with RCB, he had two stellar years. He scored close to 500 runs. He's had an unfortunate runoff form in the last three years, but again, just with the way we prepared in the auction, we were very clear about wanting a left-hander. And Devdutt sat conveniently for us on day two. I'm not going to beat around the bush and say that we went for him right away and we got him on day two."

"The benefit of having worked with him before, myself and a lot of players, even Virat, who has batted a lot with him. So, having the comfort of knowing that Devdutt is available to be picked up later helped, number one, that's as far as the auction is concerned." 

"But as soon as we knew Devdutt was there within our set-up, the most important thing was the clarity that was given to him with regards to his role. Plus, the work, which is the most important bit after that, the work that he's put in. He was very hungry and he's been very receptive to a lot of technical and tactical ideas both Dinesh Karthik and Andy Flower have thrown at him." 

"And finally, the way he's gone and batted for us. There have been a couple of tricky situations and tricky conditions also. He's taken the bull by the horn and batted exceedingly well. But again, this is just nine games done and the business half of the tournament is still there and we're filled with optimism both for Devdutt and for the team," said Rangarajan.