Is Ayush Mhatre taking part in right now’s MI vs CSK IPL 2025 match?

17-year-old Ayush Mhatre is making his debut, with Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) captain MS Dhoni confirming the taking part in XI on the toss forward of their IPL 2025 match in opposition to Mumbai Indians (MI) at Wankhede Stadium on Sunday, April 20. The Mumbai batter, who has been introduced as a alternative for injured Ruturaj Gaikwad (CSK’s common skipper), has changed Rahul Tripathi within the lineup. He was picked for his base worth of INR 30 lakh final week.

On the toss, Dhoni mentioned (by way of Cricbuzz):

“We have now one change – Ayush is available in for Tripathi.”

As per ESPNcricinfo, Ayush Mhatre has performed seven Record A video games and 9 first-class matches, amassing 458 and 504 runs, respectively. He has two tons and a fifty every within the two codecs.

Earlier this 12 months, Mhatre smashed 148 in opposition to Saurashtra whereas representing Mumbai within the 2024-25 Vijay Hazare Trophy in January 2025. Other than batting, he’s additionally a part-time off-spinner with seven scalps in as many Record-A video games.

MI elect to bowl in opposition to CSK in IPL 2025

MI captain Hardik Pandya gained the toss and selected to bowl in opposition to CSK within the IPL 2025 match. Justifying his resolution, he mentioned (by way of Cricbuzz):

“We’re gonna bowl first. It appears like an excellent wicket. Identical wicket we performed in opposition to RCB. That provides us an opportunity to take a look at the wicket, establish our plans. It has a superb overlaying of grass and can be a superb batting wicket.”

Mumbai fielded an unchanged facet after back-to-back wins over Delhi Capitals (DC) and SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH). They’ll look to register a hat-trick of victories and avenge their four-wicket loss to the Tremendous Kings earlier this season. With three wins in seven video games, they’re positioned seventh within the IPL 2025 factors desk.

Then again, CSK are tenth with simply two wins in seven video games. They beat Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) by 5 wickets to return to profitable methods of their final outing. They’re but to lose in opposition to arch-rivals Mumbai of their final 5 conferences.

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