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“However, there is a huge gulf of quality between U19 cricket and international cricket. So it is important for the officials and coaches of the Punjab Kings to guide him to perform well and flourish,” he added.

Speaking of youngsters, Karim mentioned about Karnataka batter Devdutt Padikkal. After scoring hundreds of runs for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in past 2 years, the 21-year-old will be seen in action for Rajasthan Royals.

Riding on his IPL exploits, he got a couple of opportunities to play for India but there he couldn’t showcase his class properly. In 2 T20Is, he could only muster 38 runs.

Since the new IPL season is at the doorstep, Padikkal will look to work on his batting and try to improve from the mistakes made in the past. Karim feels that the opposition bowlers will find his weak areas and that is something he needs to work on.

“Devdutt Padikkal will need to work very hard. This is because after having one good season, the video analysts and data analysts help the bowlers to work you out and exploit your weakness. So, I think Padikkal would need to work on his mindset and understand what are his scoring shots. So, I hope that such players who have performed well in IPL before are able to show that consistency,” Karim said YouTube podcast ‘Khelneeti’.

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