Devdutt Padikkal creates a supremely rare record in the history of Indian cricket. He becomes the first-ever Indian batter to secure a century on Independence Day, August 15. The middle-order batter achieves the record in Galle today, during India's Test match against Sri Lanka.
In the third session of Day 1 of the first of the 2-match Test series, Devdutt Padikkal completed his Test century and claimed multiple records. The biggest record he claimed was scoring a century as the first-ever Indian cricketer on August 15.
Devdutt Padikkal, the first and the only Indian batter to score a century on August 15
As a left-handed batter who walked into the match as the number three batter for India today, attracted multiple significant records as well. According to Cricbuzz, after Sourav Ganguly, Devdutt Padikkal is the second left-hander to score a Test hundred from No.3 for India in the 21st century.
Actually, there were not too many left-handed batters who scored centuries as a No.3 batter for the India National Cricket Team. With today's hundred, Devdutt Padikkal joins an elite group alongside the legends of Indian cricket like Salim Durani, Bapu Nadkarni, Ajit Wadekar, Eknath Solkar, and Surinder Amarnath.
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