In Kolkata, Lucknow Super Giants batter Ayush Badoni entered the record books as the third player to accumulate 1000 runs in the Indian Premier League for his franchise. He reached this mark during the team’s encounter with Kolkata Knight Riders in the current IPL season on Thursday. The right-handed player required 25 runs before the game to hit the milestone, which he accomplished in the 12th over while pursuing a target of 182. Badoni is now the second Indian to achieve this for Lucknow Super Giants, following KL Rahul, who was the first. He has tallied 1029 runs across 59 appearances, maintaining an average of 26.38. Nicholas Pooran, previously of the West Indies team, reached the same feat last year, and Badoni has now joined him. In this game, Badoni delivered a crucial performance, scoring 54 runs from 34 deliveries, including seven boundaries and two maximums. Regarding the match, Lucknow Super Giants secured an exciting win at Eden Gardens on Thursday, overcoming three-time IPL winners Kolkata Knight Riders by three wickets on the final delivery. Pursuing 182, Lucknow relied on half-centuries from Ayush Badoni and Mukul Choudhary to claim their second triumph in the IPL 2026 campaign. Brief scores: Kolkata Knight Riders 181/4 in 20 overs (Ajinkya Rahane 41, Angkrish Raghuvanshi 45, Rovman Powell 39*; Manimaran Siddharth 1/34) lost to Lucknow Super Giants 182/7 in 20 overs (Mukul Choudhary 54*, Ayush Badoni 54; Anukul Roy 2/32, Vaibhav Arora 2/38) by three wickets.
