New Delhi. Mumbai’s Ayush Mhatre created history when he scored a stormy century in 49 balls against Vidarbha in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. This was his first century in T20 cricket. With this, Ayush Mhatre has become the youngest player to score a century in all three formats of professional cricket – First-Class, List A and T20. Yes, in this matter he has broken the record of former Team India captain Rohit Sharma. Before Ayush Mhatre, this record was held in the name of Hitman, he had achieved this feat at the age of 19 years 339 days. Let us tell you, in this match played at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Friday, Mhatre remained unbeaten after scoring 110 runs in 53 balls, due to which Mumbai won by seven wickets with 13 balls remaining.
After Ayush Mhatre and Rohit, Unmukt Chand is the third player to achieve this milestone at the age of 20.
Youngest batsman to score centuries in all three formats
18y 135d – Ayush Mhatre
19y 339d – Rohit Sharma
20y 0d – Unmukt Chand
20y 62d – Quinton de Kock
20y 97d – Ahmed Shehzad
Talking about the match, Mumbai easily achieved the target of 193 runs on the basis of Ayush Mhatre’s stormy century. He hit 8 fours and 7 skyscraper sixes in his stormy innings. During this time, he got tremendous support from Shivam Dubey, who played a brilliant inning of 39 runs in just 19 balls, which included three sixes and as many fours. Earlier, while batting, Vidarbha put 192 runs on the board at the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Atharva Tayde and Aman Mokhade scored half-centuries in his innings.
Ayush Mhatre has been in very good form this year, which is a good sign for both the India U19 team and Chennai Super Kings (CSK). The special thing is that BCCI on Friday announced the U19 team for the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Asia Cup. In the 15-man squad selected for the tournament, Mhatre has been named the India U19 captain. CSK has also retained him for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).