IPL 2022: How Delhi's apathy nearly ruined Ayush Badoni's career
World wakes up to LSG batter who impressed Dravid but was ignored by own state teamNEW DELHI: As Ayush Badoni asserted his presence at the crease and resurrected Lucknow Super Giants' innings by scoring a 41-ball 54 against Gujarat Titans on his IPL debut, the Delhi cricket fraternity sunk in embarrassment. The 22-year-old Badoni has been touted as the next big batting talent from Delhi, after Rishabh Pant, for a long time now. He has decimated bowling attacks in junior cricket since he was 14, made it to India's U-19 team in 2018, played match-winning knocks in the U-19 Asia Cup and then disappeared.


