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Devdutt Padikkal suffered his 3rd successive failure in the ongoing 2-match unofficial Test series against South Africa A. The 2nd unofficlal Test being held at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 1, Bengaluru, saw the southpaw perish for a paltry score of 5 on Day 1. Before this, he managed 6 and 5 in the 1st unofficial Test against SA-A. Here are further details.
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Padikkal scores a 12-ball 5
Padikkal, who is in need of runs, was dismissed by Tiaan van Vuuren in the 1st innings. India were reduced to 59/4 with Padikkal having walked in when the score read 41/3. He faced only 12 balls during his stay at the crease.
Numbers
Six failures across his last 9 FC innings
With 11 runs in the 1st unofficial Test , and 5 runs now, Padikkal owns 3,179 runs from

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