Vikrant Shekhawat : Apr 06, 2021, 11:12 AM
IPL 2021: Since the inception of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008, countless young Indian players have been doing well in this place and have confirmed their place in Team India. There are many names like Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Ishaan Kishan, who were able to make a place in the national team only after losing their luster in the IPL. There is also a name in this list of Royal Challengers Bangalore's Devadatta Padikkal, who may not have made a place in the national team, but he had a lot of runs with his bat in the IPL in UAE last year. This year, it is difficult to play their first match for their team as they have been found to be Corona positive. With his absence in the first match, Virat Kohli could give a chance to young Kerala batsman Mohammad Azharuddin.Virat's captaincy Royal Challengers Bangalore are scheduled to play their first match in IPL 2021 with five-time champions Mumbai Indians on 9 April. The match will be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. In the event of Devdutt Paddikkal not getting fit in the first match, captain Virat may start the innings with young Mohammad Azharuddin. If looked at Azharuddin's career, he came into the limelight by scoring a century from the Kerala team in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy this year.He scored 214 runs in five matches of this tournament at an impressive average of 53.50. The special thing is that his strike rate during this period was 194.54, which is excellent. He scored 137 runs off just 54 balls in a match. After this, in the IPL auction, RCB bought him his base price for 20 lakh rupees. After being selected by the RCB team, Azharuddin praised skipper Virat Kohli. He had said that if he got a chance to start the innings with Virat, it would be a big deal for him.