In IPL every year some stories are forgotten while some other star is born, the ongoing edition haven’t been quite good for Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings, but new star is born for these two franchise in form of Vaibhav Suryavanshi(Rajasthan Royals) & Ayush Mhatre(Chennai Super Kings) .
Before we dwell it further, Mumbai born player who took inspiration from Rohit Sharma, met his idol in distinct jersey after CSK vs MI post match which they lost.
His eyes were all in admiration for Skipper Rohit Sharma, he would be happy that he is sharing dressing room with one of the most calmest minds in World as their leader there is no prize for second guess its none other than MS Dhoni.
Mhatre over the years will learn a lot from the likes of- MS Dhoni, Stephen Fleming & Michael Hussey.
The calm and cool dressing room will play a prominent role in shaping dreams for Ayush Mhatre in the coming years.
The biggest question arises how do we come to this conclusion, that he is going to be one of the stars for CSK in IPL, despite his batting brilliance where he scored 94 runs from 48 balls with amazing strike rate clearly tells you that boy has bunker of talent in him all he need to do is channelize himself and keep his guard down and challenge and reinvent his skills with time.
Otherwise we have seen talent like Prithvi Shaw, who were once touted as generational stars and today he has become total obsolete due to his disciplinary issues and inability to carry himself with time.
More about Ayush Mhatre:
Ayush Mhatre, born in Marathi speaking Brahmin family, on July 16th 2007 on 16th July 2007, Walunje Maharastra, India.
He hails from Nallasopara , Maharastra.
It is a locality based in Virar City Mahrastra.
He started playing this sport at the age of 6 years but started talking sport professionally at the age of 15 years old.
He used to practice at Chruchgate(nearest to Wankhede Stadium) to access the game where he used to travel daily 80 Kilometers each.
He made his first class debut at age 17 years old for Mumbai in 2024-25 Irani cup subsequently in another biggest domestic tournament in the form of Ranji Trophy where he scored 176 runs for Mumbai against Maharastra.
In List A Cricket for Mumbai, he broke Yashasvi Jaiswal 150+ runs record which speaks in itself the volume about the Kind of player he could become in future if right guidance is provided to him.
On April 20th 2025, He made his IPL debut for Chennai Super Kings against Mumbai Indians, and he came at number 3rd position where he scored 32 runs in 15 balls where he amassed 4 Fours and 2 sixes.
After scoring brilliant 90s on 3rd April 2025, where he scored 94 runs from 46 balls with this massive feat where he became the youngest player to score 90+ runs under 50 balls with amazing strike rate.
Mhatre have all range of shots and deserve praise with time he will develop more shots in times to come.
Coach Stephen Fleming is happy with the way “Mhatre does have lot of shots in his arsenal, best thing about him how he choses his shot selection based on distinct scenarios which in itself talk about his game sense at all. He will learn with time and kind of cool and calm dressing room gave him space to express himself also his mumbai teammates Shivam Dube made him feel like home”
Mhatre needs to remain humble with time he will crack down the ability to score in Marquee event as it is not easy to play match winning knocks in tournament like IPL where stakes are high and franchise may not look from screen but certainly put pressure on team to win but CSK as franchise is cool and calm behind the scenes.
What Mhatre can Learn from MS Dhoni and Stephen Fleming to become Future IPL star?
1. Mhatre is pretty young and generally when your adreline rush is so high we tend to express ourselves and sometimes go over the board when it is not needed the most, he can certainly learn this quality from Skipper MS Dhoni who looks unaffected with all the laurels he earned over the years for India as well as for Chennai Super Kings.
2. Mhatre pacing the game could be substantially improved if you have someone like MS Dhoni in your dressing room who certainly knows the art of talking the game deep and make sure his team cross the line. He can learn from MSD on how to remain calm and decide which shot to play or leave like Dhoni and making sure that his team cross the line across all odds by talking game deep.
3. Mhatre needs to understand having more shots are good but when the pressure situation comes up, he can learn from MS Dhoni to rely on his popular shots like Helicopter Shots to making sure it cross the line.
4. Mhatre can improve tactically decision making for MS Dhoni, whether it is related to field rotations whether it is related to approaching game under extreme circumstances as cricketer you should always be open to all possible growth- in future you might helm leadership responsibilities tentatively we have seen more batters being transitioned as a leader rather than bowlers.
5. Mhatre needs to learn from Stephen Fleming the art of captaincy as the former Black Caps captain led this side back in late 90s and early 2000s where he taught them the art of winning games when the odds were stacked against them.
6. Mhatre, can learn Fleming aura as the ace Kiwi batter- leader is calm but there is subtle thing about his magnetic aura which makes players coming in numbers and talking to him about the nuances of the game to great extent.
Mhatre from Neutral Angle:
Look the boy is pretty young with so much to prove we have seen players coming in bulk numbers, and losing the charm immediately if they don’t work on Cricketing skills they will become obsolete later.
Mhatre needs some serious mentorship post IPL 2025 so that he is full challenged, excited to embark next year IPL, he might get a chance to soon to play for India in Upcoming Under 19 world cup where he can cement his place.
We have seen talents like Yash Dhull, Prithvi Shaw, Paul Velthaty, Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Yusuf Pathan with time they become obsolete as they forget to channelize their inner strength and furnish their cricketing skills otherwise you will be gone for sure.
Mhatre humility is winning hearts on the social media with time he will learn media hard hitting questions, controversies which will errupt with time but the kind of player he is at the moment if he plays with same consistency in times to come, he would do wonders in International stage for sure.
CSK will have to do work on him behind the scenes where his game awareness, grooming and personality development with time would be launched.
Chennai Super Kings, journey has been ended in IPL 2025 due to poor template approach in batting especially their top 4 failing to score at crunch moments in the game.
Chennai Super Kings have to do lots of twisting and turns in the upcoming edition and learn from the mistakes they have committed in this ongoing edition.
The other interesting point of conversation or conotation, could be understood by the fact whether Dhoni will continue as player or not or we will see him wearing different hat in IPL 2026.
Considering all possibilities from neutral his time as player is done now, it would be interesting if he contribute behind the scenes as coaching as his ideas would help players along with Stephen Fleming.
Only time will decide Fate for MS Dhoni as a player for CSK.
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