MUMBAI: Ahead of the IPL auctions in Jeddah on November 24 and 25, Chennai Super Kings have cast their eyes on Mumbai's 17-year-old opener Ayush Mhatre, TOI has learnt.
The promising youngster, who made his First-Class debut for Mumbai this season in the Irani Cup tie against Rest of India at Lucknow, has scored 321 runs in five FC matches@35.66 with one century and one fifty. Playing his third FC match, he slammed his top score of 176 against Maharashtra at the MCA ground in BKC in the ongoing Ranji Trophy.
Also See:Live Cricket Score
The teenager has apparently impressed CSK's former captain MS Dhoni and the talent scouts of the franchise. CSK have asked Mhatre to report for the selection trials during the six-day break between the fifth round of the Ranji Trophy, which ends on November 16 and the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy, which starts from November 23.
Mhatre has been named in the 28-member Mumbai probables for SMAT. In an email to MCA secretary Abhay Hadap on October 24, CSK MD & CEO Kasi Viswanathan had asked the association to grant permission to Mhatre, to attend CSK's selection trials at the franchise's CSKHPC Navalur grounds.
