After Rayudu deleted the tweet, fans were left wondering why he retracted his original retirement announcement. Rayudu was brought back by Chennai in the IPL Mega Auction for INR 6.2 crores and has scored 271 runs in 12 matches at an average of 27.10 and strike-rate of 124.31, making him the side's third-highest run-getter in IPL 2022.
May 14, 2022Rayudu is sharing this milestone with two of his teammates as well in the name of former teammate Suresh Raina (5529) and former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
April 18, 2022Ambati Rayudu went on to post a 115-run stand for the third wicket with Faf du Plessis (58 not out). Rayudu was declared man of the match for his 72.
September 20, 2020The 45-year-old's term recently came to an end.
May 2, 2020Yuvraj Singh questioned the team management's thinking behind picking 'inexperienced' players in Vijay Shankar and Rishabh Pant for middle-order roles at the World Cup.
December 17, 2019Let us have a look at some of the big controversies revolving around Cricket in 2019.
December 17, 2019Rayudu had retired midway through the World Cup but reversed his decision later in August.
November 24, 2019Ambati Rayudu alleged corruption in the HCA one day after taking a break for a few weeks from playing first-class cricket for Hyderabad.
November 23, 2019Raina said he is eyeing a comeback to the national side with two T20 World Cups in successive years, 2020 and 2021.
September 27, 2019Rayudu admitted however that the World Cup snub was disappointing. Indian skipper Virat Kohli had said that Rayudu was the solution to India's number 4 conundrum in October 2018 before things went downhill for him.
September 5, 2019It is to be noted that midway during ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, Ambati Rayudu had announced his retirement after he was not chosen as a replacement for Shikhar Dhawan and Vijay Shankar despite being on the stand-by list.
August 30, 2019Asked how he would have handled the chase against New Zealand in the World Cup semi-final, Robin said that he would have held back Virat Kohli to the No. 4 slot, after losing Rohit Sharma early.
July 29, 2019"Rayudu, my son you took the decision in haste. Come out of retirement and show them what you are capable of," the 61-year- old, who has played one Test and six ODIs for India, said.
July 10, 2019Taking a jibe at the selectors, the southpaw said: "Five selectors combined would not have made the runs Rayudu has in his career. I feel extremely sad about this retirement.
July 3, 2019Rayudu has played 55 ODI matches for India and scored 1,694 runs at an average of 47.06, including 3 centuries and 10 half-centuries.
July 3, 2019The selectors chose all-rounder Vijay Shankar over 33-year-old Ambati Rayudu for the contentious number four spot in the squad
April 16, 2019Rayudu was the difference between India and New Zealand in the fifth ODI, as Men-in-Blue won the five-match series 4-1.
February 5, 2019