Karnataka’s opening batsman Devdutt Padikkal played a historic inning of 81 runs against Mumbai on Monday. He has become the first batsman in history to score more than 700 runs in 2 editions of Vijay Hazare Trophy. In this match, Karnataka defeated Mumbai by 55 runs under VJD rules.

In this match played at BCCI Center of Excellence, Singahalli, Karnataka won the toss and chose to bowl first. Batting first, Mumbai scored 254 runs losing 8 wickets in 50 overs. While chasing the target, Karnataka captain Mayank Agarwal was out after scoring 12 runs in 24 balls. Karun Nair, who came after this, handled the innings along with Devdutt Padikkal and both remained at the crease until the match was stopped due to rain.

Devdutt Padikkal created history

Devdutt Padikkal scored unbeaten 81 runs in 95 balls with the help of 11 fours. With this innings he has scored more than 700 runs in this season. He has become the first player in the history of the tournament to score more than 700 runs in two seasons. See how many runs he scored against which team this season.

• vs Jharkhand- 147
• vs Kerala- 124
• vs Tamil Nadu- 22
• Vs Puducherry- 113
• vs Tripura- 108
• vs Rajasthan- 91
• vs Madhya Pradesh- 35
• vs Mumbai – 81*

Padikkal had played a brilliant inning of 147 runs in the very first match of the ongoing season. He also scored a century against Kerala in the second match. After this he also scored centuries against Puducherry (113) and Tripura. He has scored 4 centuries in the ongoing season so far. He has scored 721 runs in 8 matches.

Karnataka won by VJD method

Karnataka had to score 255 runs to win, when the match was stopped due to rain, Karnataka had scored 187 runs in 33 overs after losing 1 wicket. The match could not start and Karnataka was given victory by 55 runs under VJD Method (V Jayadevan Method) rules.