Overview
- Chennai Super Kings invited Mumbai batting allrounder Ayush Vartak to a trial in Chennai as they consider short-term batting reinforcement.
- CSK lost opener Ayush Mhatre to a hamstring injury and pacer Khaleel Ahmed to a quadricep strain, then replaced Mhatre with seamer Akash Madhwal.
- CSK sit sixth with three wins in eight, so the staff is weighing batting options under IPL injury-replacement rules.
- Vartak captained Mumbai Under-23 and led Mumbai with 363 runs in the State A Trophy and 770 in the Col CK Nayudu Trophy.
- The 21-year-old went unsold at the auction, and Ravichandran Ashwin praised CSK’s in-season scouting when he named him on X.