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IPL 2025: CSK Pick Mhatre As Gaikwad’s Injury Replacement, SRH Sign Ravichandran For Injured Zampa
Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have picked Ayush Mhatre as injury replacement for skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad, who has been ruled out of IPL 2025 due to an elbow fracture. On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) have signed Smaran Ravichandran as a replacement for injured Australia leg-spinner Adam Zampa.
Mhatre, who plays for Mumbai in domestic ricket, has played nine first-class matches and seven List A games, amassing 962 runs from the same. The 17-year-old right-handed batter, who broke Yashasvi Jaiswal's record for the youngest batter to smash a 150-plus score in List A cricket last year, joins CSK for INR 30 lakh.
Hailing from Virar, a suburb situated away from Mumbai, Mhatre, who is yet to play a game of competitive T20 cricket, also made 176 runs in three matches for India in the 2024/25 Men’s U19 Asia Cup in the UAE and has recently attended the mid-season trials with CSK.
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- 06 Feb 2021 04:31