A bizarre turn of events, ace batsman at MA Chidambaram Stadium for Match No. 7 of IPL 2026 between Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings Ayush Mhatre He was wrongly accused by on-field umpire Abhijeet Bhattacharya of carrying an oversized bat to the crease as he prepared himself to take his guard at No. 3.
Mhatre headed to the dugout to take a new set of bats for himself, but that bat also failed the thickness test. However, the umpire soon realized that he was holding the bat gauge (a device used to measure the thickness of the blade) upside down, causing the bat to get stuck in the middle. Once Mhatre confronted the umpire's technique, Bhattacharya soon corrected himself and eventually allowed Mhatre to begin his innings.
Watch the video of the incident here
The 18-year-old came in to bat at number three after Sanju Samson was dismissed by Xavier Bartlett on the last ball of the fourth over. The youngster took four balls to set his sights but later scored 23 runs off the next ten balls with a flurry of fours. At the time of writing, Mhatre is unbeaten on 23 from 14, batting alongside his captain Ruturaj Gaikwad.
Meanwhile, CSK made one change to their lineup from the previous encounter against RR, as Matthew Short had to make way for young Prashant Veer. Their opponents, on the other hand, came into the contest without any changes, confident of their team combination from their opening match, where they defeated Gujarat Titans quite convincingly.
CSK vs PBKS: Playing XI
Chennai Super Kings
Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Ayush Mhatre, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dubey, Karthik Sharma, Prashant VeerNoor Ahmed, Matt Henry, Anshul Kamboj, Khaleel Ahmed
Effect Options: Jamie Overton, Rahul Chahar, Matthew Short, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Gurjapaneet Singh
punjab kings
Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper), cooper connollyShreyas Iyer (captain), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Johnson, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vishak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Effect Options: Suryansh Shedge, Priyansh Arya, Vishnu Vinod, Praveen Dubey, Hemant Brar
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