Two star players of Indian cricket, Nitish Rana and Ayush Badoni, were involved in a massive fight during the knockout stage of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024-25. The incident happened in the match between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, which took place at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
This happened during the 13th over of the innings when Ayush Badoni, who plays for Delhi, was batting in the middle. At that time, Nitish Rana was bowling, and he pulled out of his action. This didn’t go well with the batter, who then came up with a similar kind of reaction.
As Nitish was about to deliver the ball, Ayush Badoni withdrew from his batting stance. These tensions flared up as after the next ball, both the players were seen getting involved in a heated argument as the batter came at the non-striker’s end.
As Badoni was reaching the non-striker’s end, Nitish Rana came in between and was seen sharing some words. Before the two were involved in a heated exchange and were separated by the umpire. The video went viral on the internet within minutes.
Nitish Rana and Ayush Badoni involved in a verbal spat, umpires separate players
Here’s the clip:
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Ayush Badoni takes his revenge as he removes Nitish Rana in the game
Ayush Badoni, who is captaining Delhi, didn’t have a great outing with the bat in the match. The skipper ended with an innings of 25 runs off 18 balls, slamming 3 fours during his knock. But he made sure that he got his revenge from the Nitish Rana in the second innings.
It was Ayush Badoni who removed Nitish Rana and took the sweet revenge. The Southpaw was caught by Harsh Tyagi as he had a poor outing with the bat. The left-hander ended with the score of just 2 runs off 3 balls as Uttar Pradesh lost their third wicket.
Delhi win the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024-25 match against Uttar Pradesh by 19 runs
Coming to the match, Delhi were asked to bat first and they posted a massive total of 193 runs on the board. Priyansh Arya (44) and Yash Dhull (42) provided the team with a great start as they added 81 runs for the opening partnership to give a great start to the team.
In the end, it was Anuj Rawat, who came with the brilliant effort. The keeper-batter ended with the innings of unbeaten 73 runs and powered their team to 193 runs. For UP, Mohsin Khan, Vineet Parwar, and Nitish Rana bagged one wicket each.
Uttar Pradesh didn’t have a great start with the bat as they lost both the openers in Aryan Juyal and Karan Sharma. But after that, Priyam Garg (54) kept his team in the hunt with his half-century. The onus was on Sameer Rizvi to take his team home in the knockout match. But he too fell early as Delhi won the game by the margin of 19 runs.
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