Delhi: 17-year-old Ayush Mhatre and 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi started the innings for India in the Under-19 Asia Cup played in August 2024. Both scored 176 runs in 5 innings equally. However, after this, the journey of both increased in different directions. While Vaibhav Suryavanshi was bought by Rajasthan Royals (RR) for ₹ 1.1 crore, Ayush Mhatre remained unusual in the auction. But then Kismet took such a turn that both of them started looking the same again. After Sanju Samson’s injury, Vaibhav got an opening opportunity, while Chennai Super Kings included Ayush in the replacement team due to Ruturaj Gaikwad injury.
32 -run knock off 15 balls
Vaibhav Suryavanshi caught everyone’s attention by hitting a six on the first ball in his debut match. In his third match, he not only became the youngest player to score a century, but also scored the fastest Indian century in IPL history. On the other hand, Ayush Mhatre also scored 32 runs off 15 balls in his first match and he missed a century by just 6 runs in the fourth match against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
First call-up to yellow and the emotions,
Truly a moment to cherish!Hear it from Ayush in this new episode of #Lionsupclose
– https://t.co/ml1jdjnp0j#WHISTLEPODU #Yellove pic.twitter.com/muxq0reyub– Chennai Super Kings (@chennaiipl) May 14, 2025
Got opportunity in Chennai
One of the great things for Ayush is that he is part of Chennai Super Kings, one of the most popular teams of IPL, whose popularity is MS Dhoni. Because of this, talented players like Ayush are getting more headlines.
Ayush shared things
In a video shared on the official social media account of CSK, Ayush shared the experience of joining the team. He told, “I was at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) camp in Rajkot at that time. I got a call from AR Srikanth sir. He said don’t tell anyone now, we are planning to include you in the team. It is not official, but you are not mentally prepared. It will be announced by evening. The team should take care of the team, I told the mother only after the official announcement. “
163 runs in 5 innings
Ayush Mhatre has so far scored 163 runs in 5 innings at a strike rate of 181.1. The season may have been disappointing for Chennai Super Kings (CSK), but young players like Ayush have shown a new ray of hope. It is almost certain that the franchise will retain him for IPL 2026.
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