Ambati Rayudu did a retirement flip-flop and a mini controversy surfaced. A Chennai Super Kings insider spoke about “slight problems in the family”, vowing to repair it on the earliest. On Saturday, Rayudu posted a tweet, calling time on his IPL profession earlier than reversing his choice and deleting the tweet. “I’m completely happy to announce that this will likely be my final IPL.
I’ve had an exquisite time enjoying it and being part of 2 nice groups for 13 years,” tweeted the veteran batsman, adding: “Would love sincerely thank Mumbai Indians and CSK for the fantastic journey.” Minutes later he deleted the tweet.
CSK chief government Kasi Viswanathan confirmed that Rayudu hasn’t retired. “He hasn’t retired. He was a bit disappointed for not having done well this season. So in a fit of (frustration), he put that on Twitter. Then I called him and told him that this was not the management’s view (that he is not contributing) and he shouldn’t do that (retire). He agreed to that. He is so attached to the franchise, he felt that he was not doing well and should quit. That’s the only thing,” Viswanathan instructed The Indian Express.
Rayudu, 36, was a part of CSK’s title-winning squad final 12 months. The franchise launched him forward of the mega public sale this time period earlier than shopping for him again for Rs 6.75 crore. The four-time champions had a poor IPL marketing campaign this 12 months, already out of the playoffs race with two group league matches remaining. Batting inconsistency has been their actual bugbear and Rayudu’s contribution – 271 runs from 12 matches – is common.
Grapevine has it that not all is effectively in that CSK camp that mirrored within the captaincy change additionally. Ravindra Jadeja was appointed captain earlier than the beginning of the event, however he handed it again to MS Dhoni mid-season “to focus on his game”. Then, the all-rounder was dominated out of the event after struggling a bruised rib and was launched. Viswanathan insisted that there was no fallout, however a few of Jadeja’s teammates instructed this paper that the participant was not proud of the way in which the captaincy difficulty was dealt with.
A CSK insider admitted that there have been some points. “In a giant household, there’ll at all times be some issues. Like that we’re going by means of slight issues, which we’ll come out of. We have the assets to do this,” he mentioned.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
