GT vs LSG: All You Need To Know About Lucknow Super Giants Batsman Ayush Badoni

The 22-year-old Indian batsman Ayush Badoni, who played a counterattack innings in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 for Lucknow Super Giants in his debut match, was born on December 3, 1999, and he hails from Uttarakhand.

Powerful hitter Ayush Badoni had set his base price as INR 20 Lakh for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 mega auction, which was held in Bengaluru on February 12 and 13. The Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) franchise made the first bid for the young batter and they were successful in acquiring the services of Ayush Badoni for the T20 league.

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The 22-year-old had played for India in the Asian Cricket Council Under-19s Asia Cup, where he had shared a dressing room with the likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, Prabhsimran Singh and Devdutt Padikkal. He had also smashed half-centuries against Afghanistan U-19 and Sri Lanka U-19 in that tournament.

Ayush Badoni made his debut in T20 cricket on 11 January 2021, for Delhi in the 2020–21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Before he made his debut in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for KL Rahul-led Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) against Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Monday, March 28, he had played only 5 games in T20 cricket and his performance in those games were extremely poor as he scored only 8 runs in those 5 T20 games.

Ayush Badoni Played Remarkable Knock In His IPL Debut

The new Indian Premier League team Lucknow Super Giants were off to a horrible start in their Indian Premier League debut game as they lost the wickets of skipper KL Rahul for a duck, wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock for 7, Evin Lewis for 10, and Manish Pandey for 6.

Ayush Badoni came out to bat when Lucknow Super Giants were at 29/4 and he had an amazing partnership with Deepak Hooda under the pressure situation.

Ayush Badoni smashed three back-to-back boundaries to GT captain Hardik Pandya to help Lucknow Super Giants reach 100 runs mark in the 15th over. Deepak Hooda and Ayush Badoni had an amazing 87 runs partnership before leg-spinner Rashid Khan dismissed Hooda in the 16th over.

Meanwhile, the young LSG batter Ayush Badoni also smashed sixes to world-class bowlers like Rashid Khan and Lockie Ferguson and completed his fifty off 38 balls to become the first player to score 50+ runs on IPL debut while batting at No.6 or below.

He got out in the last over, which was bowled by Varun Aaron, and he scored incredible 54 runs off 41 balls including 4 fours and 3 sixes and he batted with a strike rate of 131.71.

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