Mumbai, May 22 -- Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batter Devdutt Padikkal spoke on how opening with Virat Kohli in his debut IPL and moving down in the batting order during his later underwhelming, inconsistent stints with Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) helped him become the player he is today, giving him a lot of help in terms of understanding the situation, playing under pressure and adaptation.

Paddikal was speaking on JioStar. The left-hander made his debut in the 2020 season, emerging as one of the league's brightest young stars with 473 runs in 15 innings at an average of 31.80, with five half-centuries. After another 411-run stint, which included his maiden IPL ton and a fifty, Padikkal was roped in by the ...