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Devdutt Padikkal Slams 3rd Successive Century As Karnataka Enter Quarter-Finals
Young Karnataka sensation Devdutt Padikkal continued his terrific form ahead of the IPL with a third successive century as the defending champions reached the Vijay Hazare Trophy quarterfinals with a lopsided 10-wicket win over Railways in a group C in Bengaluru on Sunday.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore opener, who scored a career-best 152 against Odisha and followed it up with 126 not out versus Kerala in their last outing, smacked nine sixes and as many boundaries in his 145 not out from 125 balls.
The 20-year-old left-hander had the company of his skipper Ravikumar Samarth who also slammed an unbeaten century (130 not out from 118 balls; 17x4) as the opening duo raced to the 285-run target win with 57 balls to spare at Bengaluru's M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
