Ayush Badoni has been included as a replacement for Washington Sundar in the ongoing ODI series against New Zealand. While bowling in the first ODI played in Vadodara, Washington was hit in the ribs, after which he walked off the field. BCCI issued an official statement saying that Ayush Badoni has been included in the squad for the remaining two matches of the series.

Ayush Badoni was born on December 3, 1999 in Delhi. The 26-year-old batsman plays for Delhi team in domestic, he is part of Lucknow Super Giants in IPL. He has joined the ODI national team for the first time.

Virat Kohli has played under the captaincy of Badoni

Ayush has not only shared the dressing room with Virat Kohli in domestic, but Kohli has also played under his captaincy. Last year, when Virat Kohli made a comeback in Ranji Trophy, Badoni was the captain of Delhi at that time.

Ayush made his T20 debut for Delhi in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on January 11, 2021. In 2022, he was bought by Lucknow Super Giants, he played his IPL debut match on 28 March of the same year (2022).

memorable innings

Ayush Badoni, while playing for South Delhi in the Delhi Premier League, played a brilliant inning of 165 runs in 55 balls, in which he hit 8 fours and 19 sixes. He played an unbeaten inning of 205 runs in Ranji Trophy against Jharkhand in 2024.

Ayush Badoni Cricket Career

Ayush has scored 1681 runs in 21 first class matches, which includes 4 centuries and 7 half-centuries. He scored 693 runs in 27 matches played in List A, in which he has 1 century and 5 half-centuries. Talking about T20, he scored 1788 runs in 96 matches, which included 10 half-centuries. Badoni has taken 22 wickets in First Class, 18 in List A and 17 in T20.

He is playing for Lucknow Super Giants since 2022. Badoni has scored 963 runs in 56 matches played in 4 seasons, in which there are 6 half-centuries.

ayush badoni net worth

Ayush was bought by Lucknow for the first time in 2022 for Rs 20 lakh. He remained in LSG with this price till 2024. Lucknow gave him Rs 4 crore in 2025, which price remained the same in 2025 also. So far he has earned Rs 8 crore, 60 lakh from IPL. Apart from IPL, Badoni earns money by playing in domestic and other leagues. In some reports, Ayush Badoni’s net worth is stated to be Rs 6 to 7 crore.

Kerala’s wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson played a brilliant century against Jharkhand. This was Sanju’s first match in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 edition, in which he completed his century in 90 balls. With this innings, Sanju has presented a strong claim for the ODI series against New Zealand. Let us tell you that till the time of writing the news, BCCI has not announced the team for the ODI series.

India vs New Zealand, 3 match ODI series will start from January 11. BCCI is going to announce the team soon, the names of Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul are coming out as 2 wicketkeepers. However, in the ongoing edition of Vijay Hazare Trophy, Sanju Samson has also staked his claim by scoring a century in his very first match.

Kumar Kushagra played explosive innings

In this match of the fifth round played in Ahmedabad, Jharkhand captain Ishan Kishan had decided to bat first. Kumar Kushagra scored the most runs for Jharkhand, he played an unbeaten inning of 143 runs. In this century innings played in 137 balls, Kushagra hit 7 sixes and 8 fours. Anukul Roy scored 72 runs. Batting first, Jharkhand had set a target of 312 runs for Kerala.

Sanju Samson made a partnership of 212 runs with the captain.

While chasing the target, Sanju Samson and Rohan Kunnummal gave a great start to Kerala, both of them made a partnership of 212 runs for the first wicket. Rohan scored 124 runs in 78 balls, in this innings he hit 11 sixes and 8 fours.

Sanju Samson completed his century in 90 balls, he scored 101 runs in 95 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 9 fours.

sanju samson career

Wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson has played 16 ODI matches for India, in which he scored 510 runs at a strike rate of 99.60. He has scored 1 century and 3 half-centuries in ODIs. Sanju played his last international ODI match in December 2023.

Apart from this, Sanju Samson scored 1032 runs in 52 T20 matches, in this shorter format he scored 3 centuries and 3 half-centuries.