Bengaluru, April 6 -- Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) mentor and batting coach Dinesh Karthik has hailed batter Devdutt Padikkal's 50-run knock against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Sunday and reckoned it will be difficult to keep him out of the Indian team for long if he keeps batting like this.

RCB defeated CSK by 43 runs in their second match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 tournament after posting a mammoth 250/3 in 20 overs.

Coming in after Virat Kohli's dismissal, Padikkal (50 off 29 balls) built a 56-run stand with Phil Salt and then added a quickfire 58-run partnership off just 21 balls with Rajat Patidar, setting the stage for RCB. From that platform, Tim David's explosive 70 off 25 balls powered the team to a daunting...