'Can't say for sure, he is our Shahid Afridi' - Fans react as Ambati Rayudu announces his retirement from IPL after finals against Gujarat Titans

Just after this announcement from Ambati Rayudu, the cricket fans immediately took to the micro-blogging site Twitter and the reply section

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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:

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:

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.

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