The Chennai Super Kings have named Mumbai’s 17-year-old talent, Ayush Mhatre, as the replacement for their full-time skipper, Ruturaj Gaikwad, in the CSK squad for the remaining matches in IPL 2025.
CSK skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad was reported earlier the previous week to have suffered a blow to his elbow against Tushar Deshpande that has injured him to the extent of missing the remainder of the IPL. Now, though the young batter from Mumbai went unsold in the auction with a base price of Rs.30 lakh, his stellar domestic form has brought him to the notice of CSK scouts.
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Ayush Mhatre was called for Trials in the CSK camp
Ayush Mhatre was a product of the brilliant scouting team of the Chennai Super Kings, as they picked him up and called him in for trials, alongside batters like Urvil Patel from Gujarat and Salman Nizar from Uttar Pradesh.
Urvil Patel scored back-to-back fastest hundreds in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, while Prithvi Shaw, who has been in a mix over his domestic career as well, was also considered by the CSK management but was eventually left out.
Ayush Mhatre joins CSK for IPL 2025
A source very close to the Chennai Super Kings management revealed to Cricbuzz that Mhatre is going to join the squad within a few days after he is confirmed for a call up replacing injured Gaikwad.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is currently in Lucknow, the city of Nawabs, to play their 7th game against the Lucknow Super Giants at the venue of Ekana Sports Complex in Lucknow. The team is in the hunt for their second win, having lost 5 games in a row.
Ayush Mhatre’s journey and impressive domestic record
Ayush has been a dedicated cricketer since day 1, and his hard work paid off very quickly, as he was picked up for senior-level cricket by the Virar-Sainath Sports Club when he was just 13 years old.
Last year the youngest prodigy of Indian domestic cricket made his debut for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy and the Irani Trophy of the last year. The 17-year-old made a name for himself, as he, with his stunning performance, went on to score a stunning 504 runs in 9 games, averaging 31.50, which included 2 centuries as well.
While in his List A career as well, he went on to acquire 458 runs with an average of 65.42 and included two hundreds as well, with a remarkable strike rate of 135.50. In the previous Vijay Hazare Trophy, he marked 181- and 148-run innings against Nagaland and Saurashtra. He also has picked 7 wickets in his List A career and performed stunningly.
After Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Ayush Mhatre becomes the second youngest player to make his IPL squad selection.
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