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17 -year -old Ayush Mhatre has played 9 first class matches for Mumbai so far.
Chennai Super Kings can include 17 -year -old opener Ayush Mhatre of Mumbai in place of captain Rituraj Gaikwad. However, no announcement has been made by CSK yet.
Rituraj has been ruled out of the entire tournament due to fracture in the elbow. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is captaining his place.
Chennai Super Kings called Ayush for trial According to media reports, Mumbai opener Ayush Mhatre was invited by Chennai Super Kings to see his batting on the net two weeks ago. It may be decided to include him in the team after Gaikwad’s injury.
Mhatre has played nine first class matches for Mumbai, scoring two centuries and a half -century. He also represented Mumbai in seven List A matches, with his highest score 181 against Nagaland. Apart from this, he scored 148 runs against Saurashtra during the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Mhatre was included in the Indian team in the Under-19 Asia Cup played in 2024. He scored 55 runs in 3 matches.
Last year, Irani Trophy made her debut for Mumbai Mhatre made her debut as an opener for the Mumbai Ranji Trophy team against the rest of India in the Iranian Trophy last year. Mhatre’s house is 46 km from Mumbai. He used to reach the Oval ground in Mumbai by catching a train from Virar at 5 am every day. He plays from Sainath Sports Club in Virar. At the age of 13, he was included in the senior team of the club. There he faced senior bowlers in a much better way.
Started cricket at the age of 6 years In an interview, Mhatre told last year that he started playing cricket at the age of 6, but in 10 years he became serious about cricket. For cricket, he took admission in Don Bosco High School and his grandfather Laxmikant Naik used to take him to practice every day.
Father Vasai Corporation Clerk at Bank Mhatre’s father Yogesh is a clerk in Vasai Corporation Bank. However, earlier his father worked in a private company. Once the job was also gone. At that time, the family did not let him realize the economic crisis, so that Ayush would not wander from his focus.
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