In the IPL 2026 match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Lucknow Super Giants' (LSG) Ayush Badoni played a crucial knock of 54 runs off 34 deliveries, laced with seven boundaries and two maximums (Pic: X/@LucknowIPL)

With this, he has joined the elite list of players who have completed 1000 runs for the Lucknow-based franchise (Pic: File Pic)

Currently, Badoni has amassed 1029 runs in 59 IPL matches for LSG. His top score for the team is 74 runs, and also has seven half-centuries (Pic: File Pic)

Before him, only KL Rahul and Nicholas Pooran managed to achieve the feat. Rahul had scored 1410 runs in 38 matches for Lucknow, whereas Pooran has smashed 1403 runs in 46 matches for the team (Pic: X/@LucknowIPL)

Later, the Rishabh Pant-led Lucknow registered a victory by three wickets against KKR at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata (Pic: X/@LucknowIPL)