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Ayush Badoni stars with fifty and four-fer in SMAT: Stats
04 Dec 2025

Delhi defeated Karnataka by 45 runs in their Round 5 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) match on Thursday.

The win was largely thanks to a stellar performance from Ayush Badoni, who floored Karnataka with an all-round performance.

With this victory, Delhi moved up to third place in Elite Group D, behind Jharkhand and Rajasthan.

Here are further details and stats.

Badoni hits fifty in Delhi's 232/3
Match details

Despite a poor start with Yash Dhull dismissed cheaply for seven runs, Priyansh Arya and Badoni turned things around with a strong partnership.

They went after the bowlers, with Arya scoring an aggressive 62 off just 32 balls, including six sixes.

The duo put on a massive 110-run stand before Priyansh was dismissed by Shubhang Hegde in the 12th over.

Badoni ended up with a quickfire 53 off 30 balls. He was dismissed by Hegde in the next over.

Badoni picks 4 wickets as Delhi win the contest
Match conclusion

Delhi's bowlers wreaked havoc on Karnataka, with Badoni picking up a four-wicket haul.

The opposition was bundled out for 187 in just 19.3 overs.

Badoni bowled 2 overs and picked 4/12 to stun Karnataka. He dismissed the likes of Smaran Ravichandran (72), Vidyadhar Patil (11), Praveen Dubey (10) and Shreyas Gopal (0).

The likes of Ishant Sharma, Digvesh Singh Rathi and Prince Yadav picked two wickets each.

10th T20 fifty for Badoni
Stats

Badoni's 53 was laced with four fours and 2 sixes. He struck at 151.43.

In 94 T20s, Badoni has raced to 1,753 runs at 30.22 from 77 innings.

He hammered his 10th fifty (SR: 138.46).

Notably, 694 of his T20 runs have come in SMAT from 34 matches (27 innings) at 36.52. This was his 3rd fifty in SMAT.

Maiden four-fer in T20s
Fact

With the ball, Badoni now owns 12 wickets in SMAT at 24.50. He claimed his maiden four-fer. Overall, Badoni has picked 16 T20 wickets at 24.06.