The 24-year-old Ayush Badoni hits his second fifty of the season against Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 08 at Hyderabad Stadium.

Ayush Badoni smashes 2nd Fifty in IPL 2024 during SRH vs LSG Clash

Ayush Badoni who has played as been regular for Lucknow in the IPL 2024 season, has smashed his second fifty in the tournament in the wake of helping the side to revive from early dismissals.

He has amassed 207 runs in 12 matches he played with a striker rate of 136.18. His partnership with Nicholas Pooran for the fifth wicket has helped the side to give a fighting chance against Hyderabad on Wednesday’s clash.

Lucknow requires victories in the upcoming matches if they need to be alive for the Playoff spots. With Rajasthan and Kolkata requiring one victory for the playoffs dream, Lucknow is one of the four teams with 6 victories along with CSK, SRH, and DC in the tournament competing for the last two places for the playoffs.

Coming to the match, Lucknow won the toss and opted to bowl where KL Rahul and de Kock opened the innings. Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed de Kock for 2 runs in the 3rd over and picked the wicket of Marcus Stoinis for 3 runs in the fifth over.

This helped Hyderabad to put up more pressure against Lucknow batters. On the other hand, Pat Cummins dismissed KL Rahul for 29 runs by the end of the 10th over where Lucknow scored only 57 runs. Nicholas Pooran Came to bat where he helped the side to revive from early dismissals.

The middle-order batsman Krunal Pandya was sent out on a run-out for 24 runs in the 12th over. Ayush Badoni joined hands with Pooran to score a partnership run of 99. Ayush Badoni and Nicholas Pooran‘s last stand with 55* and 48* runs helped the side to score 165 runs in 20 overs.