WATCH: Ayush Mhatre destroys Bhuvneshwar Kumar; scores 26 runs off single over

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) finally seemed to have found their rhythm with the bat in the IPL 2025 game against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). Chasing 214 runs to win the game, CSK got off to a great start thanks to the talents of 17-year-old Ayush Mhatre. Veteran seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar who had given just five runs in his opening over was smoked for 26 runs in his second over of the game. 

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The onslaught began when Ayush Mhatre was quick to pick a slower ball and hit it over mid-off for four. In the second ball, the batter got a half volley which he smashed over the bowlers head for the second four in successive balls. Kumar bowled a full toss that Mhatre didn’t miss and hit it past the mid-on region for the third four of the over. 

In the next ball, Mhatre was quick to spot yet another slower ball and this time hit Kumar for a six over mid-on. With 18 runs coming in the first four balls, CSK were motoring on and making it a great chase. The final two balls of the over saw two more fours to make it 26 runs being scored off the over. Mhatre who began the over on 10 off nine balls raced to 36 off 15 balls. 

RCB bowlers taken to task by rampaging Chennai batters

The first over the innings bowled by Krunal Pandya yielded just six runs, while Yash Dayal gave away just five runs in his opening over. Rajat Patidar brought Krunal Pandya back into the attack to bowl the fourth over. 

The left-arm spinner struck when he had Shaik Rasheed caught by Shepherd for 11 runs. Sam Curran, got off the mark with a four but fell soon after caught by Jitesh Sharma off Ngidi for five runs. Ravindra Jadeja came out to bat at number four and began to attack the bowlers right from the word go. 

Ayush Mhatre reached his fifty off just 25 balls and became the third-youngest to reach the mark. Mhatre continued his blistering form with the bat when he hit Suyash Sharma for two sixes and a four in fours balls to take CSK past the 100 mark in the 10th over. Win for CSK will put RCB under pressure going into the final stretch of IPL 2025 season.