Mumbai: After suffering injuries during the IPL 2026 campaign, five-time champions Chennai Super Kings have called up Mumbai youngster Aayush Vartak for mid-season trials. “Yes, Ayush was summoned to court on Tuesday.
“He will arrive in Chennai on Monday evening,” a source tracking the developments told TOI.
Go beyond boundaries with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!CSK have suffered two major injury bouts this season with Aayush Mhatre (hamstring) and Rajasthan pacer Khaleel Ahmed (quadriceps) ruled out of IPL 2026 due to serious injuries. With six points from eight matches, CSK is sixth in the table. The 21-year-old Vartak, who hails from Vasai and plays for Parsi Gymkhana in Mumbai’s domestic cricket, captained the Mumbai Under-23 team in the first phase of the Colonel CK Nayudu Trophy (Under-23) last season. Vartak has not represented Mumbai’s senior team yet, but has been part of the senior squad in the last two seasons. The hard-hitting young Turk scored 363 runs in six innings in the 2025 Men’s State A Cup, a tally that included as many as 26 runs (second highest in India after Mukul Chaudhary). He made scores: 132, 92*, 75, and was the top run-scorer for Mumbai in the tournament. In the 2024-25 Cole CK Nayudu Trophy, he scored 770 runs in nine matches – the most for Mumbai – with scores of 192, 102, 105, 77, 59 and 54.He recently won the MCA Under-23 Outstanding Performer Award for the 2024 season.