Chennai Super Kings was back on the winning track, but the team lost in its last match. Now every match will be do or die for CSK. Meanwhile, he has started mid-season trials. Chennai has also been in trouble this year due to its injured players, Nathan Ellis, Khalil Ahmed, Ayush Ahmed are out due to injury, MS Dhoni has not played yet. Chennai has not announced the replacement of Khalil, now after the trial starts, it is believed that the franchise can announce his replacement.
In this trial which started mid-season, the franchise has called the young all-rounder from Maharashtra. This player is Ayush Vartak, whose age is 21 years. According to the report, he reached Chennai on 27th April and his trial will be held today (28th April). However, it is not yet clear whether Vartak has come alone for the trial and other players have been called for it. The big thing is that Vartak has not played cricket at the senior level yet.
Who is Ayush Vartak?
Ayush Vartak is 21 years old, who is a resident of Vasai, Mumbai. He is a right-handed batsman and medium pacer. He also participated in the auction, but no team bid on him. He has also given trials for Sunrisers Hyderabad, Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals.
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Talking about Ayush Vartak’s statistics, he was the captain of Mumbai in the first phase of the last edition of CK Nayudu Trophy (U-23). Playing for Mumbai in the Men’s State A Trophy 2025, he scored 363 runs in 6 innings, which included 1 century and 2 half-centuries. During this period, this batsman had hit 26 sixes and 25 fours. He was the batsman who hit the second most number of sixes in this tournament. At number one was Mukul Chaudhary, who hit 39 sixes.
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Ayush had scored 770 runs in 9 matches in the CK Nayudu Trophy 2024-25. In the 2023 Bihar Trophy, Ayush was the highest wicket-taker for Mumbai, he took 32 wickets in 8 matches.
CSK position in points table
Chennai Super Kings have won 3 out of 8 matches and lost 5. However, the team has looked good in the last few matches. The team is ranked sixth in the points table with 6 points and a net run rate of -0.121. The team has 6 matches left in the league stage, they will have to win at least 5 matches to strengthen their hopes of reaching the playoffs.
