Kishore Ayush Matre of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) burnt the Wankhede Stadium at the beginning of his Indian Premier League (IPL) against Mumbai Indians (MI) on Sunday. Matre, signed by CSK as an injury replacement for Ruturaj Gikwad, scored 32 runs off just 15 balls, slamming four 4S and two 6S during his stay in the middle. As Mhatre Mi was taking MI bowlers, a camera carefully looked at CSK captain MS Dhoni with a smile on his face from the dressing room.
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In 17 years and 278 days, Matre is the youngest to represent the rich history of Super Kings in the Cash-Rich League. He left behind Abhinav Mukund, who made his debut in 2008 against Rajasthan Royals at the age of 18 years and 139 days.
For one of the most successful franchisees, in his beginning, Matre removed ante by removing a blitzcrayg after falling early in Rachin Ravindra’s innings. When the runs dried up to Chennai, Matre provided very important inspiration in the innings with his attractive cameo of 32 (15).
Matre got his first limit by sending the ball through the line at his second delivery of the match, when Rachin lost his wicket to young Seemar Ashwani Kumar.
Ashwani continued to curse a 17 -year -old. The young Mhatre sent the ball to the back of the border rope for maximum. Ashwani tried to close it on a high by test of mhatre with a short length delivery. Mhatre lifted the length quickly, came into position and pulled the ball into the deep square leg stand.
Mhatre’s rolling display helped Chennai race up to 48/1 at the end of the powerplay. He continued to deal with boundaries even after the area sanctions were removed. He went length of Deepak Char in his line and in length with his shot selection.
On the first ball after the powerplay, he slapped the ball wide of the cover, transformed the fielders into only the audience. At the fourth delivery, he defeated MI Captain Hardik Pandya near the additional cover to get a fence for a four.
But four were the last laugh after cheating Matre with a short length delivery. The length inspired the young man to go to a bridge, a shot that had no control over him. The ball became high in the air and safely landed in Michel Santner’s hands. His stellar cameo played a big role in lifting Chennai up to 176/5.
(With ANI input)
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