In a recent piece of news, the senior CSK batter Ambati Rayudu announced his retirement from the Indian Premier League. He will be playing the last match of his 13-year-long IPL career today in the IPL 2023 final against Gujarat Titans. Rayudu made this announcement in a tweet from his official Twitter handle.
“2 great teams mi and csk,204 matches,14 seasons,11 playoffs,8 finals,5 trophies.hopefully 6th tonight. It’s been quite a journey. I have decided that tonight’s final is going to be my last game in the Ipl. I truly enjoyed playing in this great tournament. Thank u all. No u-turn (with a laughing and hand-folded emoji),” tweeted Rayudu from his official Twitter handle.
Here's a look at the tweet from Ambati Rayudu:
2 great teams mi nd csk,204 matches,14 seasons,11 playoffs,8 finals,5 trophies.hopefully 6th tonight. It’s been quite a journey.I have decided that tonight’s final is going to be my last game in the Ipl.i truly hav enjoyed playing this great tournament.Thank u all. No u turn 😂🙏
— ATR (@RayuduAmbati) May 28, 2023
Just after this announcement from Rayudu, the cricket fans immediately took to the micro-blogging site Twitter and the reply section of Rayudu’s tweet as well. Subsequently, they also came up with a lot of interesting and different reactions for the former Mumbai Indians batter and now CSK star.
Here’s how fans reacted:
Cant say for sure. 🤣He is our Sahid Afridi
— RAJA RINKU SINGH (@Giyu_Rengoku318) May 28, 2023
Should retire before the final
— Constructively Candid (@Candid_JJ) May 28, 2023
Bhaiya Aaj hi dena tha ye news😭
— अजयसिंह (@rajputajay_07) May 28, 2023
Ek hi retirement ho plz
— 𝓹𓃵 (@cricloverPrayas) May 28, 2023
#ambatirayudu #CSK #GTvCSK #CSKvGT #IPL2O23 #IPL2023Final #IPLFinal #MSDhoni𓃵 pic.twitter.com/HnBgT81rxN
— Kaushik Pabbu Ramesh (@kaushikpr94) May 28, 2023
Good luck Rayudu bhai ❤️
— Raja Babu (@GaurangBhardwa1) May 28, 2023
Entering into Politics ?
— TechGlare Deals (@Tech_glareOffl) May 28, 2023
3D robbed you man. You are an amazing player. Happy retirement 👏👏
— Deepak-JSR (@Deepak_D1105) May 28, 2023
Thank you Bahubali 🥹❤️
— ΛB (@A_forAbii) May 28, 2023
An excellent career, legend!
— Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) May 28, 2023
Thank you for this Rayudu anna💛 pic.twitter.com/et9VcwG97Y
— Quick Single🏏 (@Team_RKV_) May 28, 2023
Congratulations on a great career Ambati Garu ❤️
— Udit (@udit_buch) May 28, 2023
Speaking of his career in the Indian Premier League 2023, he has played 202 games and batted in 186 innings to score 4329 runs with an average of 28.11. He has scored a century and 22 half-centuries with the wood in his career. Apart from this, Rayudu has been a part of the title-winning side for five times in the Indian Premier League.
Here’s a look at the CSK squad for the IPL 2023 final against Gujarat Titans:
MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Akash Singh, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Ajay Mandal, and Bhagath Varma.