The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batter, Ambati Rayudu is witnessing a rough patch in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023. In eight outings for CSK, he has managed only 83 runs at an average of only 16.60, his highest being an unbeaten knock of 27 runs. Amid the poor run, legendary Indian cricketer, Sunil Gavaskar launched a vicious attack on the CSK batter and Rayudu has now responded with an indirect reply on Twitter.
On Thursday, in Chennai’s away match against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Jaipur, Rayudu was once again used as an Impact Player, coming in place of fast bowler, Akash Singh. But all he managed was a two-ball duck in CSK’s 32-run loss which in turn saw MS Dhoni’s team lose the top spot in the IPL 2023 points table.
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Following the loss, Sunil Gavaskar came up with some stern words for Rayudu for his continued poor outing in IPL 2023. During the commentary, Sunil Gavaskar said, “You got to field. You can’t just come out to bat and start hitting the ball. You can’t do that. We have seen that with Prithvi Shaw. He has just been coming out to bat without success. No fielding, no scoring. Rayudu is out for a second-ball duck.”
A day later, Ambati Rayudu took to Twitter to post a cryptic tweet on his forgettable campaign this season as he backed himself to bounce back.
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In his tweet, Ambati Rayudu wrote: “In life and sport ups and downs are a constant part. We need to be positive and keep working hard and things will turn around.. results are not always a measure of our effort. So always keeping smiling and enjoy the process.”
In life and sport ups and downs are a constant part. We need to be positive and keeping working hard and things will turn around.. results are not always a measure of our effort. So always keeping smiling and enjoy the process.. pic.twitter.com/1AYAALkGBM
— ATR (@RayuduAmbati) April 28, 2023
Yashasvi Jaiswal’s 43-ball 77 and Dhruv Jurel’s fiery cameo of 34 helped Rajasthan Royals register a huge score of 202 for five at home. Shivam Dube threatened to single-handedly chase off the target with his yet another fifty, but with a lack of support from the other end, CSK was restricted to 170 for six. Adam Zampa was the star bowler for RR as he scalped three wickets, giving away 22 runs.
