Ayush Badoni of the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) received great praise from Twitterati as his debut half-century helped his team to a respected total against Gujarat Titans, as the two franchises made their Indian Premier League debut in the fourth match of the IPL 2022 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Gujarat Titans had picked Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan, and Shubman Gill ahead of the IPL 2022 auction and named Pandya as their captain. On the other hand, Lucknow Super Giants picked KL Rahul as their captain and along with him picked Ravi Bishnoi and Marcus Stoinis before the auction.
Hardik Pandya, the GT captain won the toss at the Wankhede Stadium and chose to bowl first keeping in mind the pitch at the Wankhede Stadium. GT had Matthew Wade, David Miller, Lockie Ferguson, and Rashid Khan as their overseas players. LSG meanwhile picked three overseas cricketers in Quinton de Kock, Evin Lewis, and Dushmantha Chameera.
Mohammad Shami rattled the Lucknow batting lineup with three amazing wickets. He removed the LSG captain KL Rahul on the first ball of the match for a golden duck and then came back to clean bowl Quinton de Kock for just 7 runs. His third wicket was the reliable Manish Pandey, who was also clean bowled for 6 runs.
Varun Aaron had accounted for Evin Lewis, who fell to a special catch by Shubman Gill as LSG was teetering at 29/4.
Ayush Badoni Slam Half-Century On Indian Premier League Debut And Twitterati Shower Him With Love And Admiration
Then Deepak Hooda and Ayush Badoni came together and stitched an 87-run partnership for the fifth wicket. Hooda slammed 55 in 41 balls with 6 fours and 2 sixes, before he was dismissed LBW by Rashid Khan.
Ayush Badoni continued his assault from the other end as he slammed his maiden IPL half-century on his debut and finished on 54 in 41 balls with 4 fours and 3 sixes to his name. He fell to Varun Aaron, caught by Hardik Pandya in the last over of the LSG innings.
By that time, LSG managed to put 158/6 in 20 overs on the board and Badoni received huge praises on social media with people lauding his knock under pressure.
Here’s How Twitter Reacted To Ayush Badoni’s Knock:
The @GautamGambhir touch. Ayush Badoni. Very decent recovery. Hooda was superb as well. @LucknowIPL
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) March 28, 2022
Ayush Badoni becomes the first player to score 50+ runs on IPL debut, batting at No.6 or below.#IPL2022 #LSGvGT
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) March 28, 2022
Gunman Gambhir got Ayush Badoni for just 20 Lakhs btw
— Pratik (@Prat1k_) March 28, 2022
Came out to bat when Lucknow was 29/4. Under pressure situation, debut match what a knock Ayush Badoni.
— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) March 28, 2022
Ayush Badoni
Till 14th over After 14th over pic.twitter.com/pl9sBLy5IS
— MSDian (@HonestMsdFan) March 28, 2022
Yesterday Tilak, today AYUSH BADONI look good.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) March 28, 2022
Fifty on his Debut by Ayush Badoni in IPL history, he has just played 5 T20 matches before with just 7 runs and he set the stage on fire.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 28, 2022
22-year-old Ayush Badoni – 54(41) & 19-year-old Tilak Varma 22(15) – two impressive knock in two tough situation by two Indian youngsters.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 28, 2022
So happy to see new talent coming through. How good was young Badoni! Said he couldn't sleep last night! This is what the #TATAIPL does. Allows talent to meet opportunity.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 28, 2022
Ayush Badoni – welcome to the IPL. From a hard hitting batsman in the U19 level to finding a big platform and shining in the IPL on debut – this is a fantastic start to a young career
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) March 28, 2022
A #NotSoFunFact about Badoni.
A reputed Delhi coach stalled his #ranjitrophy selection for two seasons.
B4 #IPL2022 trials, a franchise's talent scout was a former Delhi player who was himself a backdoor entry and claim to fame was judging the kid having himself scored 60 off 90— Kushan Sarkar (@kushansarkar) March 28, 2022
All 9 IPL teams after watching Ayush Badoni: pic.twitter.com/KbXLUeWg1v
— Aditya (@Adityakrsaha) March 28, 2022