Batter Devdutt Padikkal, who went unsold in the first round of IPL 2025 auction, was bought by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at his base price of ₹2 crore. Padikkal, who made his debut in IPL in 2020, has scored 1,559 runs in the tournament so far. He has smashed one ton and nine fifties in IPL till now.