2 min learnApr 21, 2026 03:31 PM IST
Chennai Tremendous Kings suffered one other setback of their bid to win a sixth Indian Premier League title after Ayush Mhatre was dominated out of the rest of IPL 2026 with a hamstring harm.
Whereas making the announcement on X, CSK have mentioned that Mhatre’s harm would require a rehabilitation interval of 6-12 weeks, which successfully ends his possibilities of taking part in an extra function for Chennai. The 18-year-old had picked up the harm within the recreation towards Sunrisers Hyderabad. He appeared to drag his hamstring whereas taking a second run. He was tended to by the physio a couple of occasions within the recreation, and when he was finally dismissed, he needed to be helped off the sector by Ramakrishna Ghosh and the physio Tommy Simsek.
Stories prompt that Mhatre underwent scans on Monday to find out the extent of his harm.
Chennai are at the moment eighth within the IPL standings, with simply two wins from their six video games.
Mhatre just isn’t the one participant CSK have misplaced to harm this season. Simply final week they misplaced Khaleel Ahmed as a consequence of a Grade 2 proper quadriceps harm. CSK are additionally lacking the companies of Nathan Ellis, who they misplaced to an harm even earlier than the event started. Different gamers like Dewald Brevis (who didn’t characteristic within the preliminary video games) and group talisman MS Dhoni have missed elements of the season already.
Mhatre is Chennai’s top-scorer up till now, scoring two half-centuries, at a really spectacular strike charge of 177.87. That is regardless of him being requested to return at one drop, with Sanju Samson and CSK captain Ruturajh Gaikwad opening the innings for the Chennai Tremendous Kings this season.