Rashid Khan Dismisses Devdutt Padikkal For 5th IPL Time
Rashid Khan dismissed devdutt padikkal for the fifth time in the IPL on Thursday, cutting short a 40-run innings in Match 42 of IPL 2026 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Royal Challengers Bengaluru slipped to 126/7 after the 14th-over wicket, with Padikkal gone while looking set for more.
Padikkal scored 40 off 24 balls, hitting 5 fours and 2 sixes before Rashid broke through. The dismissal turned a promising middle-overs effort into a position where RCB were suddenly seven down, and it left one of the league’s most one-sided bowler-batter matchups in focus again.
Rashid Khan and Padikkal
The numbers behind the matchup are stark. In eight IPL innings against Rashid, Padikkal has been dismissed five times. He has managed 38 runs from 41 balls against the Gujarat Titans spinner, with a strike rate of 92.68 and an average of 7.6.
Those figures also show how little margin he has found in the contest. Padikkal has faced 17 dot balls against Rashid, with only two sixes and one four across the rivalry.
14th Over in Ahmedabad
The wicket arrived in the 14th over at Ahmedabad, just as Padikkal was building toward a fifty that never came. His 24-ball stay had carried RCB through a difficult phase, but Rashid’s breakthrough ended that push before it could change the innings.
RCB’s total at 126/7 made the dismissal more than a single batter’s loss. It left the chase needing work from the lower order after the batting side had already lost seven wickets, and it put the spotlight back on a matchup that has repeatedly gone Rashid’s way.
Match 42 Pressure
Match 42 of IPL 2026 delivered another reminder that this duel has a clear edge. Padikkal was the batter trying to extend the innings; Rashid was the spinner who stopped it again, and the scoreline at 126/7 showed the cost immediately.
For RCB, the immediate task was to recover from losing a set batter in the 14th over. For Padikkal, the statistic that now hangs over the matchup is simple: Rashid has dismissed him five times in eight IPL innings.
