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Abhinav Manohar, Mayank Agarwal and Devdutt Padikkal expectedly emerged the costliest picks during KSCA T20 player auction

With Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav set to leave for England, the team management might not risk playing both the players.

Avesh Khan, Chetan Sakariya and Harshal Patel impress in the disrupted IPL

From leading the table with four wins on the trot, the Virat Kohli-led team has slipped to third spot at the halfway stage after suffering two defeats from their last three matches.

RCB has won all its four matches so far and sits on top of the standings.

Padikkal smashed an unbeaten 101 off 52 balls in an opening stand of 181 with Kohli as RCB registered an emphatic 10-wicket victory over Rajasthan Royals

I thought it was an exceptional innings. He played really, really well. He played the shots that he knew he could play and he kind of anticipated some of the deliveries that were going to be bowled with the fields set.

Kohli went on the offensive once Padikkal had ensured victory as his contribution was 72 not out off 47 balls in their unbroken opening stand of 181

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

NCA head Rahul Dravid says there are a lot of players who are waiting for opportunity

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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.

Kohli-led Royal Challengers is coming from a big win over CSK

The Chennai and Bengaluru teams are in intriguing mid-table battle

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."