New Delhi, April 11 -- Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batting star and India's U19 World Cup winning captain Ayush Mhatre spoke on his selection for the Men in Yellow last season and interacting with his favourite cricketer and Mumbai stalwart, Rohit Sharma.

Mhatre was speaking on JioStar's 'TATA IPL: Dream On'. The hard-hitting batter has represented CSK in 10 matches and scored 314 runs in 10 innings at an average of 31.40, with a strike rate of over 180 and two fifties.

About his selection for CSK as an injury replacement for skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ayush recalled that the auction happened side by side when the ACC U19 Asia Cup was going on in December 2024, and he was unsold. However, Mhatre chose to take this setback positively.

While...