Ayush Badoni

The first thing Harsha Bhogle asked him in the mid-match interview was, "where have you been hiding?". It was, of course, a valid question. Just eight runs to ...

"I have been in the auction for three years and have gone unsold," Badoni said of the intervening three years. "The last three years have been a bit of a struggle. India's NCA and Under-19 programmes aim to prepare the young players to establish them in their states' first-class sides straightaway after their Under-19 stints, but they can't do much if the state selections don't work out for the players. And Badoni is not just picked up, but given a game in the first match and sent in ahead of Krunal Pandya. He told me you won't get the one-odd match, but you will get a proper run. "How do I answer that question?"