Mumbai, April 25 -- Former South African pacer Dale Steyn highlighted Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batter Devdutt Padikkal's improvement against pace bowling, recalling his net sessions with the left-hander during his debut season and noting that now "fear has gone out of the window".

Padikkal's fine season with RCB continued as he hit a free-flowing half-century, taking on bowlers right from ball one during a chase of 208 runs. This was his third half-century this season, and he stitched another quality partnership with legendary Virat Kohli (81). During the match, the left-hander sent a Kagiso Rabada scorcher flying into the stands for a six on the first ball he faced, and later on scored two sixes and a four against Prasidh Krish...