IPL 2022 :  KL Rahul in awe of LSG youngster 'Ayush Badoni ' following win over DC

Badoni, who was nicknamed 'Baby AB' for his 360-degree stroke-play by KL Rahul, was hailed by the LSG skipper again for his mature performance

The 22-year-old showed nerves of steel as he bagged 10 runs in three balls to win the contest for his side. He slammed a four and a six to wrap-up the chase in style

Ayush Badoni's brilliant fifty on his IPL debut had turned a lot of heads when he saved his side, Lucknow Super Giants, out of danger against Gujarat Titans.

Four matches and four innings have been done now, in IPL 2022 and Ayush Badoni has continued to impress in all of them.

In the second, against CSK, he smashed 19 not-out off 9 balls as LSG completed a record 211-run chase, before he scored 19 off 12 balls versus SRH to give LSG a late flourish

Ayush Badoni in this IPL 2022 so far -   Innings - 4  Runs - 102 Strike Rate - 156.92  Not-out - 2   He has finished the game for LSG almost 3 times in 4 Innings.

Statistician Mohandas Menon wrote a very special tweet for Ayush Badoni

He tweeted: “After MS Dhoni, we will now have a BA Doni!”