Ayush Mhatre breaks Yashasvi Jaiswal's record in Vijay Hazare Trophy

Mumbai batter Ayush Mhatre etched his name in the history books as he became the youngest player in the world to play a knock of over 150 runs in List A Cricket during the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25 fixture against Nagaland. The right-handed batter played a blistering knock of 181 (117) with the help of 15 fours and 11 sixes on Tuesday, December 31 at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.

Mhatre (17y 168d) became the youngest player in the world to surpass the 150-run mark in List A cricket surpassing Yashasvi Jaiswal’s record of 17 years and 291 days when he achieved the feat against Jharkhand in 2019. Apart from him, Robin Uthappa also features at number three in the list having reached the landmark at the age of 19y 63 days.

Mhatre got involved in a 156-run stand for the first wicket with Angkrish



Raghuvanshi (56 off 66) as he got his team off to a rollicking start. He was finally dismissed in the 37th over on 181 helping Mumbai post a massive score of 403/7 in their 50 overs. Apart from him, captain Shardul Thakur also played a magnificent innings of 73* (28) with the help of two fours and eight sixes.

In reply, for Nagaland, Sedezhalie Rupero scored a half-century (53 off 110) but it wasn’t enough to keep his team in the chase. Meanwhile, Mhatre earlier also scored 78 (82) vs Karnataka in the Group C encounter. He was also India’s second-highest run scorer in the recently concluded Under 19 Asia Cup scoring 176 runs from five innings at an average of 44 with two half-centuries to his name. With a long domestic season ahead, Mhatre will be eager to continue his form and continue to pile on the runs for his team.