Former Indian participant Ambati Rayudu walked into the sundown after the curtains drew to the Indian Premier League 2023. Rayudu, who performed a cameo in Chennai Super Kings’ beautiful 5-wicket win over Gujarat Titans within the ultimate, has hung his boots from all types of Indian Cricket. Once thought of a very good choice for India’s No.4 woes within the ODI facet, Rayudu was omitted from the Indian squad for the 2019 World Cup. Meanwhile, Anil Kumble has made a big statement on the exclusion.
Rayudu made a comeback to the Indian ODI squad after a interval of over two years. He had a wonderful IPL 2018 for CSK the place he scored 602 runs for them. He was recalled to the Indian facet in September 2018 and was performed at the No.4 place. Notably, Rayudu had respectable numbers at the spot after the IPL as he scored 639 runs, together with a ton and 4 fifties for India. But his title went lacking from the Indian squad for the World Cup. Virat Kohli‘s facet went with KL Rahul for the No.4 spot and Vijay Shankar being an all-rounder.
Meanwhile, Kumble has now taken a dig at Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri over the remedy of Rayudu. “Rayudu should have played the World Cup in 2019. Oh yes, there’s no doubt in it. It was a huge blunder. You prepared him for that role for a long time and his name just disappears from the squad. It was surprising nonetheless,” Kumble stated on Jio Cinema in the course of the rain break within the CSK vs GT ultimate.
Notably, Rayudu’s exclusion didn’t go nicely with him as he posted a cryptic publish on social media. Taking a dig at former chief selector MSK Prasad’s feedback of ‘Vijay Shankar is a 3D participant’, Rayudu wrote on his Twitter, “Just ordered a new set of 3D glasses to watch the World Cup.”
