Ayush Mhatre Creates History, Breaks Brendon McCullum's Huge Record; Becomes First Player In The World To...

Ayush Mhatre (L) Creates History; Breaks Brendon McCullum's (R) Huge Record (Source: X/CCC)

India U19 captain Ayush Mhatre played a magnificent innings of 128 in 80 balls to help India draw the second Youth Test against England U19. Mhatre was in destructive form, and at one point, it seemed that India would pull off a historic 355 run chase on the final day, but his wicket allowed England U19 to make a comeback and draw the game.

The century by Mhatre was his second in the Youth Test series. He also played a brilliant innings of 102 in the first Youth Test at Beckenham. Mhatre grabbed eyeballs after he had a terrific outing for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2025, scoring 240 runs in seven games at a strike rate of 188, and his performance in the Youth series proved that he was not a one-season wonder, but will be one of the stars of Indian cricket across formats.

Ayush Mhatre Scripts History Meanwhile, Ayush Mhatre created history after an emphatic Youth Test series against England U19. Mhatre ended the series with 340 runs - the most by any player - and became the first player in the world to score over 300 runs in a Youth Test series at a 100+ strike-rate. Mhatre's 340 runs came at an average of 85 and a strike rate of 103.65. The record for the best strike rate in a Youth Test series was held by Brendon McCullum, who scored 455 runs at a strike rate of 95.58 in the 2000/01 series against South Africa U19.

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