Ambati Rayudu decides to quit IPL, retracts decision

Chennai Super Kings talks him into changing his mind

For some time early on Saturday afternoon, Ambati Rayudu created a flutter on social media with the announcement that he was retiring from the Indian Premier League at the end of this season. A short while later he had deleted his tweet.

The Chennai Super Kings player tweeted, “I am happy to announce that this will be my last ipl. I have had a wonderful time playing it and being a part of 2 great teams for 13 years. Would love to sincerely thank Mumbai Indians and Csk for the wonderful journey…”

But, CSK CEO K.S. Viswanathan spoke to the player and made him take back the decision.

Viswanathan told The Hindu, “he was frustrated with his form and with the team also not having a great season, put that out in an impulse. Once I came to know about it, we spoke to him and assured him that we have full faith in his abilities.”

Rayudu has scored 271 runs from 12 matches for CSK, a team he joined in 2018 and was part of in the title-winning 2018 and 2021 editions.

In the IPL auctions held in February, CSK shelled out Rs. 6.75 crore to get back the middle-order batter who played a key role in the team’s success in 2018.

“We are not a team that works on just one year’s performance. Everyone can have one bad season. He is a key player for us and we told him how important he was to us and he later deleted the tweet. There is no doubt he will continue to play next year as well,” Viswanathan added.