Ayush Mhatre slams 110* runs for Mumbai in SMAT 2025:Defeat Vidarbha by 7 wickets; Venkatesh Iyer’s 53* guides MP to victory over Bihar

Ayush Mhatre enjoyed a dream day on Friday, being named India’s Under-19 Asia Cup captain in the late morning and then smashing a scintillating century for Mumbai just hours later in the Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The 18-year-old opener hammered an unbeaten 110 off 53 balls at Lucknow’s Ekana Stadium, powering his team to a commanding seven-wicket win over Vidarbha in Elite Group B. His explosive knock, featuring eight fours and eight sixes, earned him the Player of the Match award. Mumbai’s victory was further strengthened by Shivam Dubey, who delivered an impactful all-round performance with 3 for 31 and a calm unbeaten 39. Skipper Suryakumar Yadav also contributed a composed 35 off 30 balls, hitting four boundaries and a six. Together, Yadav and Mhatre stitched a rapid 85-run partnership off just 35 deliveries to seal the chase with authority. In other fixtures, Madhya Pradesh secured a 62-run win over Bihar in Kolkata, thanks to an unbeaten 55 from Venkatesh Iyer. Railways and Andhra Pradesh also picked up important victories, rounding off a day filled with standout performances across the tournament. Ayush Mhatre slams 1110* despite Mumbai’s early collapse
The Mumbai team, chasing 193 runs, lost two wickets at 21 runs. Ajinkya Rahane got out for zero and Hardik Tamore got out scoring one run. In such a situation, Mhatre had a half-century partnership with Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav. This partnership was broken by Yash Thakur. After Suryakumar’s dismissal, Shivam Dube played an unbeaten innings of 39 runs to lead the team to victory 13 balls early. The team scored 194 runs for three wickets in 17.5 overs. Atharva-Aman’s fifty, Vidarbha sets target of 193
Batting after losing the toss, Vidarbha posted a strong score of 192 for nine wickets, thanks to half-centuries from Atharva Taide (64) and Aman Mokhade (61). Opener Taide and Mokhade gave Vidarbha a strong start by putting up a 115-run partnership in the first 10 overs. However, the team failed to cross the 200-run mark. Taide scored 64 runs off 36 balls with help of nine fours and one six. While Mokhade hit two sixes and seven fours in his 61-run innings off just 30 balls. Dubey and Sairaj Patil (three wickets for 33 runs) shared six wickets between them to successfully control Vidarbha’s run rate. Other match results in SMAT 2025 MP wins with Venkatesh Iyer’s all-round performance
Madhya Pradesh secured a 62-run victory over Bihar at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens on the back of Venkatesh Iyer’s dual performance. In this Elite Group B match, MP, batting after losing the toss, scored 174 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. Venkatesh scored an unbeaten 55 and Harsh Gwali made 50 runs. Chasing a target of 175 runs, Bihar’s team was all out for 112 runs in 19.2 overs. Vaibhav Suryavanshi could only make 13 runs. Shivang Kumar took 3 wickets for MP. Tripuresh and Shivam got 2 wickets each. One wicket each went to Venkatesh and Rahul Batham. Railways defeated Kerala by 32 runs
Railways defeated Kerala by 32 runs. Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Samson could only contribute 19 runs in 25 balls. In response to the Railways’ 149 for seven wickets, the team could only make 117 runs for eight wickets. Andhra Pradesh defeated Odisha by 66 runs
Andhra defeated Odisha by 66 runs with excellent bowling from Prithviraj Yarra (three wickets for four runs) and Saurabh Kumar (three wickets for 23 runs). After scoring 184 for seven wickets with useful contributions from KS Bharat (42), Ashwin Hebbar (39) and captain Ricky Bhui (47), Andhra bowled out Odisha for 118 runs in 17.2 overs.