Ambati Rayudu, the obvious choice for the Number 4 batting slot in India’s batting order, has not been in a great form in the 12th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL). His form has become a concern in the Indian cricket circle also as he is currently struggling with the bat. He has last scored big against New Zealand when he scored 90. As the World Cup is coming up, his poor form raises a lot of questions among everyone. He has been neither timing the ball well nor finding the gaps which used to be his strength and that leads him to a lot of pressure.
On April 15, the national selectors will pick up India’s world cup squad. As Ambati Rayudu is in poor form, the debate regarding number 4 spot once again arises. India has been searching for a stable batsman for the scheduled spot since long and tried many batsmen in that place but no batsman was able to impress the selectors much apart from Ambati Rayudu and Rishabh Pant. However, Rayudu came to bat at number 4 against Kolkata Knight Riders in their last encounter.
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The pitch was sluggish but Faf du Plessis played a stable knock on the same pitch and performed well. On the other hand, Ambati Rayudu tried hard to score. He hit two boundaries in his innings including one that came off a free-hit; which means that Rayudu scored his remaining 13 runs off 29 balls.
However, his rather slow scoring left everyone dejected. Twitterati expressed their concern about it and shared their views whether he will be selected in the World Cup squad or not.
Here is how Twitterati reacted on Rayudu’s innings:
While CSK are getting the results on the slow wickets at Chepauk, not sure of Ambati Rayudu's thoughts about these playing surfaces. It may cost him the World Cup spot! #IPLT20 #CSKvKKR
— Sanjjeev (@Sanjjeev) April 9, 2019
#AmbatiRayudu Out Of the wcc
😊— Sun (@MasSuriya7) April 9, 2019
https://twitter.com/lndianCaptain/status/1115665935946350592?s=20
https://twitter.com/LulamaFCB_/status/1115671252193218560?s=20
I can see Ambati Rayudu out of Indian Cricket Squad very soon, as every possible time his failure continues at worse level.#CSKvKKR
— ❝ 𝐷𝑒𝑏𝑎𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑦𝑜 𝐶ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑑ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑦 (@debapriyo_tweet) April 9, 2019
Is it me or any else also believes Ambati Rayudu is the most ugly looking batsman? #CSK #KKRvsCSK #IPLT20 #Tuesday
P.S: Ugly only in the cricket sense.
— Indianism (@Indianism08) April 9, 2019
More than anything, for Ambati Rayudu's sake, I hope he doesn't make it to India's World Cup 15. That will be cruel on him.
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) April 9, 2019
I dont think Ambati Rayudu will be the correct choice for World cup right NOW. He has lost a lot of confidence after being dropped in the last series. He is taking that extra pressure to perform.
— Anshul Agrawal (@Anshul1220) April 9, 2019
https://twitter.com/anukuldas1800/status/1115672389440888832?s=20
Ambati Rayudu definitely not on that flight anymore.
— ! (@CrazyCricLover_) April 9, 2019
https://twitter.com/artemiscrockfan/status/1115696110905982977?s=20
