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Having put up a decent performance in the first game, RCB will be strengthened further when the immensely talented Devdutt Padikkal makes the team after his recovery from COVID-19.

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While Padikkal smashed four consecutive List A hundreds to become the first Indian to achieve the feat, is the leading run-scorer of the tournament with 673 runs, Shaw is not far behind with 589 runs in his kitty.

Karnataka rode on skipper Ravikumar Samarth's knock of 192 off 158 balls and a stroke-filled 101 by Padikkal (off 119 balls) to post an imposing 338/3 and then bundled out the opposition for 258

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He has scored 243 runs in seven matches so far including three half-centuries and played a crucial part in providing good starts so far.

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Speaking after their comfortable victory over Royals, Katich said, “He played magnificently. He had a fantastic season for Karnataka and once we identified that, we thought there was a role for him at the top of the order."

This was after wrist spinner Yuzvendra Chahal snared three wickets in an impressive bowling show that helped them restrict RR to 154 for 6