Daniel Vettori Credits Devdutt Padikkal As RCB’s Game Changer: The current coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad and former captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore, Daniel Vettori, gave a big statement after the match and said that the explosive batting of Devdutt Padikkal completely changed the course of the match. According to Vettori, at one time his team was in a strong position in the match, as they had the lead after scoring a big score of 201 runs, but Padikkal’s stormy innings changed the whole game.

Devdutt Padikkal’s aggressive style

Royal Challengers Bangalore’s run chase did not start well. The team got a shock in the very second over, when Phil Salt returned to the pavilion after scoring just 8 runs. After this, Padikkal, who came on the field as an impact substitute, adopted an aggressive style as soon as he came and started putting pressure on the bowlers. He changed the atmosphere of the match by playing big shots from the beginning.

Runs scored with a strike rate of 234

Padikkal, who performed brilliantly at number three last season, maintained the same rhythm in this match also. Facing only 26 balls, he scored 61 runs at an excellent strike rate of 234.62. During this, he made an important partnership of 101 runs with Virat Kohli for the second wicket. By the time Padikkal was out, the team was in a very strong position with the score at 110/2 in the 9th over and was moving rapidly towards victory.

Padikkal’s innings was effective- Daniel Vettori

In the press conference after the match, Vettori clearly said, ‘I think it was Padikkal’s innings. He came and hit a six on the very first ball; Playing at a strike rate of more than 200, he faced all the bowlers bravely and even gave Virat Kohli a chance to score his innings, although Virat was also scoring runs at a fast pace. He further said, ‘The kind of aggression he showed when he came on the field proved to be the real difference. Maybe a few years ago, you would have considered yourself safe after scoring 200 runs, but I think now we have understood the direction the game has gone and how dangerous RCB’s batting line-up is.