Lucknow Super Giants on Thursday registered their maiden win in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. Defending champions Chennai Super Kings challenged them with a target of 211 runs, but KL Rahul and his boys made the chase easy, overcoming every obstacle with great ease. ,
Rahul and Quinton de Kock laid the foundation for success with a brilliant start of 99 runs. After his dismissal, Evin Lewis and Aayush Badoni took matters into their own hands and ended things in style. Chasing 211 runs with 3 balls to spare, Lucknow won the game by 6 wickets.
Youngster Badoni once again grabbed the headlines with his pleasant stroke play. He scored 19 not out in just 9 balls including 2 sixes. After defeating CSK, he revealed the game plan saying that the team had decided to take limited risks while facing Dwayne Bravo.
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“The plan was not to take a risk against Bravo. But once with only two overs left, we had to take the risk because I think we needed 28 runs (34). So, we went out,” he said. After addressing a virtual presser, Badoni said.
With 37 needed from the last 12 balls, Lewis and Badoni dismissed Shivam Dubey for 25. The former then scored a maximum in the final over to take LSG home.
Asked what instructions did he get from Rahul or mentor Gautam Gambhir, Badoni said, “I know my game, so they asked me to play my natural game. They knew that if Evin (Lewis) and I were able to hit big strokes, we could win. So, there was no such message. It was just about playing our shots and we executed it well.”
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Earlier on Monday, Badoni made his IPL debut in style, scoring a fifty in the first match of the campaign against Gujarat Titans. He scored 54 off 41 balls as LSG posted 158 for 6. Unfortunately, their efforts went in vain as Hardik Pandya’s team won the game by 5 wickets.
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