Rayudu announces retirement after World Cup snub

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Rayudu announces retirement after World Cup snub

 

Ambati Rayudu flicks one to the leg side Getty Images

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• Nagraj GollapudiNews editor, ESPNcricinfo

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Middle-order batsman Ambati Rayudu has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, two months after being controversially left out of India's World Cup squad.

"I would like to bring to your kind notice that I have come to decision to step away from the sport and retire from all forms and levels of the game,"Rayudu wrote in an email to the BCCI. "I would like to take this opportunity to thank the BCCI and all the state associations that I have represented which include Hyderabad, Baroda,Andhra and Vidharbha.

"I also would like to thank the two IPL franchises Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings for their support. It has been a honour and privilege to have represented our country. I would like to thank the captains i have played under ,MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma and especially Virat Kohli who always had shown great belief in me throughout my career with the Indian team.

"It has been a wonderful journey of playing the sport and learning from every up and down it brought up on for the last 25 years at various different levels. Finally I would like to thank my family and all the well wishers who have been with me throughout this wonderful journey."

Rayudu, 33, had retired from first-class cricket in November last year in a bid to focus on his limited-overs career, following a successful return to the India ODI set up after injury troubles.

At the time, Rayudu looked to have sealed the much vaunted No. 4 spot in the India middle order after a stellar IPL in 2018, where he topped the run charts for Chennai Super Kings in a victorious campaign. He held it till as recently as the ODI series against Australia in March. He was not, however, picked in the 15-member squad for the ongoing World Cup, with Vijay Shankar preferred because, the selectors said, he offered "three dimensional" abilities.

Rayudu's response to that, a tweet referring to his "3D glasses", seemed to be an indirect jibe at the selectors for ignoring him.

Despite being named one of five reserves, Rayudu wasn't chosen even after Vijay was ruled out of the World Cup with an injured left toe. The selectors, upon request from the team management, preferred a top order batsman in Mayank Agarwal instead.

Rayudu was also not picked when the team management sought a replacement for the injured Shikhar Dhawan earlier in the tournament. Rishabh Pant, who was also talked of as a potential No. 4 candidate, was chosen ahead of Rayudu.

In all, Rayudu, who made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe in 2013, featured in 55 ODIs, scoring 1694 runs at an average of 47.05.

Rayudu's selection has courted controversy in recent times. In June 2017, he was withdrawn from India's ODI squad for England after he failed the yo-yo test. He subsequently cleared the tests in September and made a comeback during the home series against West Indies.

Rayudu topped the run charts - 190 runs in five innings - during India's 4-1 ODI series win in New Zealand in January-February. His top score of 90 in the fifth ODI came on a Wellington greentop that helped arrest a top order collapse, and set the platform for India's victory. His subsequent three outings that returned 18, 13 and 2 against Australia may have resulted in his ouster.

As a 16-year old, Rayudu was touted as one of the future stars as early as 2002, when he smashed an unbeaten 177 in a successful chase against England Under-19. He subsequently lead India at the Under-19 World Cup in 2004, a side that had a number of future India internationals like Robin Uthappa, Suresh Raina, RP Singh, Irfan Pathan, Shikhar Dhawan and Dinesh Karthik.

In 2007, Rayudu signed up with the controversial Indian Cricket League, leading to a BCCI ban which was eventually lifted when he took up the amnesty. Upon return in 2011, Rayudu switched from Hyderabad to Baroda, Vidarbha to Andhra before retiring with Hyderabad in India's domestic circuit.

@reality @perugu_vada @former @Kool_SRG @mustang302 @naaperusiva 

[Hydrockers]

Good one 

Iceland vallu offer chesaru ga atu po ra babu

[johnydanylee]

Manchidi

[Kontekurradu]

Very good 

 

[Kool_SRG]

Can't help it was in his hands but form deserted him at the most required time...

 

All the best.. Inka League le gathi.

[aakathaai369]

Bcci worst naayaallu aa msk gaadu saati telugodiki support ivvalekapoyaadu thuppukk

[Kontekurradu]

2 minutes ago, aakathaai369 said:

Bcci worst naayaallu aa msk gaadu saati telugodiki support ivvalekapoyaadu thuppukk

aa inka, When he was in Prime, he moved to ICL which is the biggest mistake, 

Telugodu ayihte, chance iicheyala, adi form kuda anta bagoledu 

 

[Kontekurradu]

10 minutes ago, Kool_SRG said:

Can't help it was in his hands but form deserted him at the most required time...

 

All the best.. Inka League le gathi.

may be max 1-2 years adathdu emo 

I think, he can go and play in CPL, or BBL as he retired now choosen if he selected 

[Ram51]

nice 3d glasses ni 24 x 7 pettukuni kurchovachu ippudu

[aakathaai369]

4 minutes ago, Kontekurradu said:

aa inka, When he was in Prime, he moved to ICL which is the biggest mistake, 

Telugodu ayihte, chance iicheyala, adi form kuda anta bagoledu 

 

Mayanka aggarwal kante theesipoyadaa ambatodu

[Kool_SRG]

Just now, aakathaai369 said:

Mayanka aggarwal kante theesipoyadaa ambatodu

Oka saari iddarivi Ranji & other domestic tournaments performance chudu neeke telustaadi...

[Kontekurradu]

6 minutes ago, aakathaai369 said:

Mayanka aggarwal kante theesipoyadaa ambatodu

allam bellam, anupama Bumrah gadi pellam 

[Kool_SRG]

1 minute ago, Kontekurradu said:

allam bellam, anupama Bumrah gadi pellam 

[aakathaai369]

10 minutes ago, Kool_SRG said:

Oka saari iddarivi Ranji & other domestic tournaments performance chudu neeke telustaadi...

ODI khaatha kooda theravanattunnadu mayank kurrodu ambatodu batting avg 47 strike rate 71 tho manchi stats ye maintaining kadaa annaai more over 33 age chance ichubdaalsindi mayank ki inkaa vayasundi kada

[former]

He need patience and can't take decisions out of anger. He can play another 2 to 3 yrs good cricket.