‘The future is here…’: Suryakumar Yadav praises Young sensation Ayush Mhatre for his spectacular 94 against RCB

Ayush Mhatre was taken in by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) as replacement of Ruturaj Gaikwad, who was ruled out of the tournament due to an elbow injury. Ayush played a spectacular knock of 94 runs against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), to which Suryakumar Yadav praised the youngster.

Indian star cricketer Suryakumar Yadav, who is also a part of Mumbai Indians (MI) in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season praised Chennai Super Kings (CSK) opener Ayush Mhatre after he smashed 94 runs against 48 balls against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on April 3rd at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Ayush Mhatre was taken in by CSK as a replacement player for their captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, who was ruled out of the tournament because of an elbow injury. Ayush showed brilliant batting, as he hit 5 sixes and 9 fours during their chase against RCB.

Impressed by the spectacular batting, Suryakumar Yadav went on to his official X (formerly known as Twitter) account to shower praise on Mumbai’s teenager.

Innings filled with intent, bravery and fire! The future is here👏
Remember the name🔥 pic.twitter.com/jf5kPCITrf

— Surya Kumar Yadav (@surya_14kumar) May 3, 2025

“Innings filled with intent, bravery and fire! The future is here. Remember the name,” Suryakumar posted on X with a picture of Mhatre.

The right-handed batter’s explosive innings made the base for CSK’s innings. His aim to extend the score in a high-scoring match was noticeable, as he scored his maiden IPL fifty. Ayush also became the third youngest to score a half-century in IPL.

Speaking about the match Ayush Mhatre’s 94 and Ravindra Jadeja’s 77 not out went in vain as Royal Challengers Bengaluru pipped Chennai Super Kings by two runs in their IPL match here on Saturday.

Chasing 214, CSK scored 211 for 5 in their 20 overs.

Mhatre scored a 48-ball 94 with five sixes and nine fours while adding 114 runs with Jadeja (77 not out off 45 balls, 8x4s, 2x6s) for the second wicket.

For RCB, Lungi Ngidi returned with figures of 3/30.

Earlier, half-centuries from Jacob Bethell (55), Virat Kohli (62) and Romario Shepherd (53 not out) took RCB to 213 for five.

While Bethell and Kohli put on 97 runs for the opening wicket to set a platform, Shepherd blasted four fours and six sixes to make 53 not out off only 14 balls, recording the fastest fifty of the season and joint second-fastest overall.

For CSK, Matheesha Pathirana found his rhythm and lengths to return 3-0-36-3.

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