Document picture of Ambati Rayudu© AFP
The 2019 ODI International Cup noticed the Board of Regulate for Cricket in Bharat variety committee draw enough quantity of complaint nearest Ambati Rayudu used to be snubbed for a place within the staff, as a preference of ‘3-d participant’ Vijay Shankar. Rayudu’s response on social media to the inside track added gas to the fireplace, and the veteran batter by no means performed for Bharat once more. Next bringing an finish to his cricketing profession, Rayudu has after all spread out at the controversy, confirming that he had not anything private in opposition to Shankar however couldn’t perceive the good judgment in the back of his variety as he used to be a participant who batted at Refuse. 6 or Refuse. 7 place, and no longer Refuse. 4.
In an interview with TV9 Telugu, Rayudu mentioned that he would’ve been content material had the selectors picked somebody like Ajinkya Rahane, a expert batter within the middle-order, and no longer Shankar who used to be a participant that belonged to another section.
“See if they would have picked someone like Rahane or any similar ilk of a player or someone who is experienced and senior it would have been understandable. Everyone wants India to win. They have not picked me for whatever reason which only they would know. But when you replace me with someone it should be helpful to the team as well. That is where I got angry. It was not about Vijay Shankar. What could have he done? He was playing his cricket. Whatever the thinking behind I could not understand. I could not understand if they were playing a World Cup or a normal league match,” Rayudu mentioned.
“Team selection is not the work of one person. Like, there are some people in team management, may be because of them. Like there used to be one gentleman in Hyderabad. Maybe they didn’t like me or some incidents from the past may have caused them to look at me differently. So my career became like a cycle of these kind of people showing up,” he additional mentioned.
Speaking about his viral ‘3-d glasses’ tweet, the previous Chennai Tremendous Kings batter mentioned, “Everyone went after Vijay Shankar. I did not have that intention. I could not understand their thinking and logic. If you have decided to replace me, you could have picked a similar player. How can you pick a player who plays numbers 6 and 7 and put him at 4? I don’t have anything personal against Vijay Shankar and MSK Prasad. I have played in New Zealand before the World Cup in similar conditions. I have been preparing well. Only those people can answer what went on.”
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