Ayush Mhatre, who plays for Mumbai, has created havoc in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. After scoring centuries in consecutive T20 matches, he has now scored a half-century in the match against Chhattisgarh. Mhatre made an important contribution in helping Mumbai win by 8 wickets by playing an inning of 69 runs in 49 balls. He has already scored centuries against Vidarbha and Andhra in the same T20 tournament.

Ayush Mhatre is also the highest run scorer in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He has scored 325 runs in 6 matches at an excellent average of 108.33.

In the match played on Saturday, Chhattisgarh team was limited to only 121 runs while playing first. In reply, Ayush Mhatre and Ajinkya Rahane started the innings for Mumbai and added 82 runs for the first wicket. Rahane scored 40 runs. Mhatre stood firm at one end and ensured his team’s victory by playing an innings of 69 runs.

Mumbai team is at the first position in the table in the Elite A group after registering five wins in 6 matches. Let us tell you that according to some media reports, Rohit Sharma can also be seen playing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy matches for Mumbai in the knockout matches.

CSK had retained

Ayush Mhatre was a part of the Chennai Super Kings squad in IPL 2025. CSK included him in their team in the middle of the season as a replacement for Ruturaj Gaikwad. Now before the mini auction of IPL 2026, Chennai team has retained Mhatre. 18 year old Ayush Mhatre scored 240 runs in 7 IPL matches. Seeing his amazing performance, CSK will have high expectations from him in IPL 2026 also.

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The first youth Test match between India and England Under-19 team is being played at the Kent County Cricket Ground in Bekenham. Vaibhav Suryavanshi could not do anything special in this match. Vaibhav was dismissed for just 14 runs. But Indian Under-19 team captain Ayush Mhatre did wonders. After losing the first wicket early, Ayush played a brilliant century and brought the Indian team to a good position.

Vaibhav failed, Ayush played a century innings

The Indian team won the toss on Saturday and decided to bat first. 14 -year -old Vaibhav and 17 -year -old Ayush came to open for India. Vaibhav made his innings a great start. Vaibhav gave three fours in the first over. But Vaibhav was out in an attempt to play another big shot. Vaibhav scored 14 runs in 13 balls. After the dismissal of Vaibhav, the responsibility of handling the team came into the hands of captain Ayush.

Ayush performed the responsibility well. Ayush played more than one best shots in his innings. Ayush did not allow pressure on himself. Ayush was looking to put pressure on the batsmen. Ayush batted at a strike rate of around 89. Ayush scored 102 runs in just 115 balls. Ayush hit 14 fours and two sixes in this innings. This is the first century of Ayush’s youth test career. Ayush completed the century by hitting a four.

After Vaibhav was dismissed, Ayush, along with Vihaan Malhotra, took over the Indian innings. The two together shared 173 runs for the second wicket. Vihaan also scored a tremendous half -century. Vihaan scored 67 runs in 99 balls. Vihaan hit 9 fours and a six in this innings.

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