WATCH: Gambhir Can’t Stop Smiling As India Star Hits 4 Sixes In Warm-Up Test

I dia
pace
Gu oo
B a
p oduced
a
u expected
batti g
spectacle
o
Day
2
of
the
th ee-day
wa m-up
match
agai st
S i
La ka
C icket
XI,
smashi g
fou
sixes
i
five
delive ies
du i g
the
fi al
ove
of
the
day’s
play.

The
left-ha ded
batte
took
o
S i
La ka
spi e
Dilum
Sudee a
a d
fi ished
the
day
u beate
o
36
f om
just
18
balls,
givi g
I dia
a
d amatic
fi ish
i
Colombo.

Gu oo
B a
U leashes
Six-Hitti g
Blitz

Devdutt
Padikkal
took
a
si gle
f om
the
fi st
delive y
of
the
fi al
ove
befo e
ha di g
the
st ike
to
Gu oo .

The
I dia
pace
immediately
we t
o
the
attack,
hitti g
Sudee a
fo
two
co secutive
sixes.
He
the
efused
the
oppo tu ity
to
take
a
si gle
a d
backed
himself
to
co ti ue
attacki g.

Gu oo ‘s
decisio
paid
off
as
he
clea ed
the
opes
twice
mo e
f om
the
ext
two
delive ies,
completi g
a
ext ao di a y
seque ce
of
fou
sixes
i
five
balls.

He
e ded
the
day
u beate
o
36
off
18
delive ies,
p ovidi g
I dia
with
a
late
bu st
du i g
thei
wa m-up
game
ahead
of
the
Test
se ies
agai st
S i
La ka.

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(@kaushyy14)

August
8,
2026

Devdutt
Padikkal’s
Ce tu y
Boosts
Test
Comeback
Cha ces

While
Gu oo ‘s
late
assault
g abbed
atte tio ,
Devdutt
Padikkal
had
al eady
made
a
st o g
case
fo
himself
ea lie
i
the
match.

Padikkal
sco ed
a
ce tu y
agai st
S i
La ka
C icket
XI
o
Satu day,
with
his
pe fo ma ce
comi g
at
a
impo ta t
time
fo
I dia’s
Test
selectio .

Sai
Sudha sa ‘s
i ju y-e fo ced
abse ce
has
ope ed
up
a
pote tial
oppo tu ity
at
No.
3,
a d
Padikkal’s
hu d ed
could
put
him
fi mly
i
co te tio
fo
a
place
i
I dia’s
XI
fo
the
fi st
Test
i
Galle,
begi i g
August
15.

A
etu
to
I dia’s
Test
side
would
come
ea ly
two
yea s
afte
Padikkal
last
featu ed
i
the
fo mat.

Padikkal
P epa ed
Specifically
Fo
S i
La ka
Challe ge

Padikkal’s
st o g
pe fo ma ce
did
ot
come
by
cha ce.
The
Ka ataka
batte
had
al eady
begu
p epa i g
specifically
fo
the
co ditio s
he
was
likely
to
e cou te
i
S i
La ka.

His
childhood
coach
Mohammad
Nasee uddi
evealed
that
Padikkal
app oached
him
afte
the
KSCA
Maha aja
T ophy
T20
a d
asked
to
begi
ed-ball
t ai i g
ahead
of
the
S i
La ka
tou .

Padikkal
had
played
o ly
o e
match
i
the
tou ame t
because
of
his
I dia
A
commitme ts,
but
his
focus
was
al eady
o
p epa i g
fo
a
possible
Test
oppo tu ity.

“Devdutt
app oached
me
afte
the
KSCA
Maha aja
T ophy
T20,
whe e
he
played
o ly
o e
match
because
of
his
I dia
A
duties,
a d
wa ted
to
sta t
t ai i g
with
ed
balls
befo e
goi g
to
S i
La ka,& dquo;
Nasee uddi
told
PTI.

“It
did
ot
matte
to
him
at
that
time
whethe
he
got
a
place
i
the
XI
o
ot.
He
wa ted
to
p epa e
i
the
best
possible
way
a d
be
eady
if
a
cha ce
came
his
way.
So,
we
sta ted
t ai i g
with
o mal
ed
balls.& dquo;

Why
Padikkal
Used
Kookabu a
Balls
I
T ai i g

Nasee uddi
a d
Padikkal
also
adjusted
thei
p epa atio
afte
co side i g
the
co ditio s
expected
i
S i
La ka.

The
pai
bega
t ai i g
with
Kookabu a
ed
balls,
which
a e
used
i
S i
La ka
Test
c icket,
while
also
p actisi g
o
pitches
offe i g
sig ifica t
tu .

“But
the
we
came
up
with
the
idea
of
usi g
Kookabu a
balls
i
t ai i g
because
they
a e
used
i
S i
La ka
fo
Tests.
So,
he
bought
those
balls
a d
we
sta ted
p actisi g
with
them,& dquo;
Nasee uddi
said.

The
p epa atio
appea s
to
have
paid
off,
with
Padikkal
co ve ti g
his
oppo tu ity
i to
a
ce tu y
i
the
wa m-up
match.

With
Sudha sa
u available
a d
the
fi st
Test
agai st
S i
La ka
app oachi g,
Padikkal
ow
has
a
st o g
oppo tu ity
to
make
his
case
fo
a
etu
to
I dia’s
Test
XI.

Mea while,
Gu oo ‘s
ext ao di a y
six-hitti g
fi ish
has
p ovided
a othe
memo able
mome t
f om
I dia’s
p epa atio s
i
S i
La ka.

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