Ayush Mhatre’s bat roared against Punjab, scored fifty in 29 balls, hit two sixes back to back.

CSK vs PBKS: In the seventh match of the Indian Premier League 2026, the bat of young batsman Ayush Mhatre has spoken fiercely at the MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk), Chennai. After getting the first blow in the form of Sanju Samson, 18-year-old Mhatre took charge and scored a brilliant half-century against Punjab Kings by hitting fours and sixes. In this match, he scored a brilliant fifty in 29 balls.

Stormy fifty in 29 balls

In this match against Punjab Kings played in Chepauk, Ayush Mhatre impressed everyone by scoring a stormy half-century in just 29 balls. During his brilliant innings, he hit 4 fours and 4 sixes. Against Punjab, he played a stormy inning of 73 runs in 43 balls, which included 6 fours and 5 sixes. During this innings, he also hit two back to back sixes in the over of Marcus Stoinis.

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2⃣nd #TATAIPL FIFTY 🫡

Ayush Mhatre rising through the ranks in style 👌👌

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made a big record

With this explosive performance, Ayush also made a big record in his name. At the age of 18 years and 261 days, Mhatre became the youngest batsman to score a half-century at the Chepauk Stadium. Earlier this record was in the name of Mr. IPL Suresh Raina, who achieved this feat at the age of 21 years and 148 days.

Became the second batsman to do so

Ayush Mhatre has made another special achievement in his name with this brilliant innings. He has now joined the list of batsmen who have scored the most 50+ scores in IPL before the age of 19. He has so far scored 2 half-centuries in his IPL career, one of which came last season, when he was just 17 years and 291 days old. In this special list, only Vaibhav Suryavanshi is ahead of him, who has scored three half-centuries so far.