Ayush Mhatre vs Punjab Kings: In the seventh match of IPL 2026, young batsman Ayush Mhatre gave a brilliant performance against Punjab Kings at Chennai Super Kings’ home ground MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk). CSK, who came to bat first after losing the toss, had a bad start and the team lost the first wicket for just 14 runs. In this difficult situation, 18 year old Ayush Mhatre, who came to the crease, adopted an aggressive style as soon as he came. He hit a flurry of fours and sixes and scored a memorable half-century. He scored a total of 73 runs on 43 balls.
Ayush Mhatre’s record breaking half century
Ayush Mhatre completed his half-century in just 29 balls in this match. To reach his half-century, he hit 4 fours and 4 sixes. With this brilliant innings, Ayush Mhatre made a big record in his name. He became the youngest batsman to score a half-century at Chepauk Stadium. He accomplished this feat at the age of 18 years and 261 days. Earlier this record was in the name of Suresh Raina. He did this at the age of 21 years and 148 days.
He has now joined the list of batsmen who have scored the most 50+ scores in IPL before the age of 19. He has scored 2 half-centuries so far. Last season also he had scored a half-century, when he was 17 years and 291 days old. Only Vaibhav Suryavanshi is ahead of him in this list. Vaibhav Suryavanshi has scored 3 half-centuries so far and his age is still only 15 years.
At the forefront of this list too
Ayush Mhatre also has the best strike rate among batsmen to face at least 100 balls in the powerplay since IPL 2025. Ayush Mhatre’s strike rate is 183.93, no other batsman is ahead of him in this list. During this period his average has also been 34.33.