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Why did Ayush Mhatre not get the Player of the Match award despite playing explosive innings?

By Samira Vishwas

CSK vs PBKS : Chennai Super Kings had to face defeat by 5 wickets at the hands of Punjab Kings at the MA Chidambaram Cricket Stadium in Chennai in the 7th match of IPL 2026. In this match, CSK, playing first, had scored 209 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. Whereas Punjab Kings won the match by scoring 210 runs losing 5 wickets in 18.4 overs. Ayush Mhatre, who played a explosive inning of 73 runs in this match, was not chosen as the player of the match.

This player got player of the match

In this match, Priyansh Arya was chosen player of the match for his explosive innings. Opening the innings for Punjab Kings, he played a stormy inning of 39 runs with 3 fours and 4 sixes in 11 balls. His strike rate during this innings was 354.54, he played an important role in Punjab’s victory over Chennai. For this he received the Player of the Match award.

Ayush Mhatre played a stormy innings

In this match, Punjab Kings won the toss and asked Chennai Super Kings to bat first, after which when Sanju Samson was out after scoring 7 runs, Ayush Mhatre came to the crease. He scored his second half-century in the history of the Indian Premier League by scoring 50 runs in 29 balls with 4 fours and 4 sixes. Ayush Mhatre played an inning of 73 runs in 43 balls with 6 fours and 5 sixes. But he lost to Priyansh Arya and did not get the Player of the Match award.

With the victory in this match, Punjab Kings has reached number 1 in the points table. He has 4 points with 2 wins in 2 matches. Now he is present at the top of the points table.

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