Ayush Badoni dethrones Chris Gayle to become new six-hitting king in T20s with record-breaking knock

South Delhi Superstarz batter Ayush Badoni broke the massive record of Chris Gayle in the T20s. The young batter surpassed Universe Boss' record of most sixes in a T20 knock as he hit 19 maximums during his innings on Saturday (31st August).

Ayush Badoni achieved the feat during the game between South Delhi Superstarz and North Delhi Strikers in the Delhi Premier League T20 2024.

The match between the two teams took place at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, which saw a run festival.

Ayush Badoni was at his brutal best as he played a magnificent innings that helped his team win the game. The right-hander went after the bowlers right from the start and slammed the North Delhi Strikers bowlers all over the park, making them look clueless.

Ayush Badoni didn't put a foot wrong in his innings. The middle-order batter slammed a brutal ton, and even after that, he didn't stop. He kept hitting the bowlers and made sure that he put his team in the dominating position and ended up putting a total of 308 runs on the board.

Ayush Badoni ended with an innings of 165 runs from just 55 balls. The right-hander, during his innings, had as many as 19 sixes.

He broke the joint record of Chris Gayle, who hit 18 sixes in his 69-ball 146 for Rangpur Riders in the 2017 Bangladesh Premier League, and Sahil Chauhan of Estonia, who achieved the same feat in a T20 International against Cyprus earlier this year.

Not only this, Badoni, with his innings of 165 runs, also broke Shreyas Iyer's record for the highest score by an Indian in the shortest format of the game. He overtook Shreyas Iyer's record of 147 runs, which he scored for Mumbai against Sikkim in Indore on February 21, 2019.

Badoni also ended up stitching 286 runs for the second wicket with Priyansh Arya, who also slammed 120 runs, hitting six sixes in his innings.

The duo broke the record of Japan’s batting duo of Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake (134) and Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (109), who added 258 in a T20I match against China in Mong Kok.

Based on Badoni's innings, the South Delhi team posted a gigantic total of 308 runs on the board. This notably is the second-highest total in the history of the T20s. They also went on to win the game by a massive margin and gained two important points.

Ayush Badoni tops the list of most sixes in T20 innings