He was impressive for CSK in IPL 2025.
Promising youngster Ayush Mhatre has been named as the captain of the Mumbai squad for the Buchi Babu cricket tournament that will take place in Chennai from August 18 to September 9.
Brothers Sarfaraz Khan and Musheer Khan are also part of Mumbai’s 17-member squad. Mhatre was part of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) squad for IPL 2025.
The 18-year-old was roped in as a replacement for Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, who was ruled out of IPL 2025 midway through the season because of an injury. He made his IPL debut in a match against Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Wankhede Stadium on April 20. He went onto play seven matches in total, scoring 240 runs at a strike-rate of 188.97.
AUSA-W
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INDA-W
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BVB
191/4
AMR
193/7
Amaravati Royals beat Bhimavaram Bulls by 3 wickets
VSS
185/8
SVL
178/2
ROR
–
TBW
–
VSS
–
BVB
–
ODW
149/8
CDK
161/8
Central Delhi Kings beat Outer Delhi Warriors by 12 runs
PD
182/8
EDR
148/0
ZGW
71/8
ZAS
129/5
Zagreb Sokol beat Zagreb Warriors by 58 runs
ZAS
134/7
SOS
91/4
Zagreb Sokol beat Sir Oliver Split by 43 runs
ZGW
100/6
RJM
103/4
Rijeka Markhors beat Zagreb Warriors by 6 wickets
ZAS
109/2
SOS
108/4
Zagreb Sokol beat Sir Oliver Split by 8 wickets
ZGW
103/4
RJM
138/6
Rijeka Markhors won by 35 runs
RJM
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SOS
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ZGA
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RJM
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SOS
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ZGA
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ZGW
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SOS
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ZGA
–
RJM
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YOR
272/3
LAN
294/7
DURH
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MID
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LEI
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NOT
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BB
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KENT
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WOR
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HAM
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SURR
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GLAM
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GTC
142/4
CCC
138/5
Gauhati Town Club beat City Cricket Club by 6 wickets
BCC
123/10
NAJC
124/5
Nabajyoti Club beat Bud Cricket Club by 5 wickets
BCC
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GUG
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LLG
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MUR
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NK
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NWW
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BNC
2/0
KZK
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TCC
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KUMS
–
JJ
–
SBSCC
–
NCMI
–
BCC
–
KLPR
101/1
JOR
100/10
Kuala Lumpur beat Johor by 9 wickets
PRK
106/5
SEL
101/10
Perak beat Selangor by 5 wickets
HBT
216/4
SML
187/6
Hubli Tigers beat Shivamogga Lions by 29 runs
MYW
184/9
GBM
48/1
BNB
–
HBT
–
MGD
–
SML
–
WI
294/6
PAK
24/4
SLBL
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SLGY
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AUS
165/10
SA
218/7
South Africa beat Australia by 53 runs
BIP
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OVI
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SOB
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NOS
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WEF
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MAO
–
BIP-W
152/6
OIW-W
174/5
Oval Invincibles Women beat Birmingham Phoenix Women by 22 runs
SBW-W
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NOS-W
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WFW-W
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MOW-W
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He registered his highest score of 94 runs from just 48 deliveries against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in Bengaluru. The Mumbai cricketer then went onto lead the India Under-19 that toured England to face England Under-19. He scored a half-century and two centuries across the two-match Youth Test series.
He will also lead the India Under-19 team on a full fledged tour to Australia that starts in September. Till date, Mhatre has played nine first-class matches and has scored 504 runs at an average of 31.50. This includes one fifty and two centuries.
R Sai Kishore, who plays for Gujarat Titans (GT) in the IPL, will lead the TNCA President’s XI that also features Vijay Shankar, Baba Indrajith and Shahrukh Khan.
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Talking about the Buchi Babu tournament, the competition will feature 16 teams who will be divided into four groups of four teams. TNCA President’s XI, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh are in Group A, whereas Group B consists of Railways, Odisha, Baroda and Jammu and Kashmir.
Mumbai, TNCA XI, Bengal and Haryana are in Group C, whereas Group D has Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Hyderabad.
Mumbai squad for 2025 Buchi Babu tournament: Ayush Mhatre (captain), Musheer Khan, Divyansh Saxena, Sarfaraz Khan, Suved Parker (vice-captain), Pragnesh Kanpillewar, Harsh Aghav, Sairaj Patil, Aakash Parkar, Aakash Anand (WK), Hardik Tamore (WK), Shreyas Gurav, Yash Dicholkar, Himanshu Singh, Roystan Dias, Sylvester Dsouza and Irfan Umair.
TNCA President’s XI squad for 2025 Buchi Babu tournament: Sai Kishore (Captain), Andre Siddarth, Baba Indrajith, Vijay Shankar, Shahrukh Khan, Vimal Khumar, Radhakrishnan S, Lokeshwar S, Ajitesh G, Hemchudeshan J, Siddharth M, Ambrish RS, Achyuth CV, Trilok Nag H, Saravana Kumar P and Abhinav K.
