dubai mike hesson director of cricket of royal challengers bangalore rcb has said devdutt padikkal takes off the pressure from the batsman he is batting withpoints table fixtureschasing 155 to win against rajasthan royals on saturday virat kohli and padikkal stitched together a partnership of 99 runs padikkal was dismissed for 63 but kohli took the side home as he played an unbeaten knock of 72 runspadikkal played a crucial role in the teams eightwicket win over royals be it in batting or in the fieldhes padikkal got a huge amount of talent hes actually taking pressure off the guy hes batting with he is assessing the time he needs to put the foot down said hesson in a video posted on rcbs twitter handlehe is choosing good options which you expect from an experienced player but to back it up hes been outstanding so his next challenge is to try and deal with the heat he addedpadikkal has been in fine form the lefthanded batsman has scored 174 runs for the rcb in this years ipl so far at an average of 4350 padikkals halfcentury against the royals was his third of the seasonit looks like he belongs here doesnt he he came in and he is obviously in good touch theres a lot spoken about him so hes in a little bit of pressure but he played with a calmness that weve seen at all different levels said hessonand as i mentioned early onm if he can get that 60 turnings into an 80 or 90 he will take the game away from someone but so far he has been outstanding the director of cricket at rcb addedcoach simon katich also spoke highly of the young batsmanhes surrounded by a lot of experience at the top of our order so if he is unsure about the situation hes got lots of guidance out there said katichi think hes complimenting the other guys at the crease in terms of when he needs to go and when de doesnt have to hes batting with the maturity beyond his years at the moment and its great to see that he addedstar rcb player aaron finch too praised his opening partner and said padikkal will get better as the tournament progresseshe played a great knock and timed the ball beautifully hes all class and longer the tournament goes he will get better said finchrcb are currently in third place in the ipl standings with 6 points from four matches the side next locks horns with delhi capitals on monday at the dubai international stadium