Last Update: April 28, 2023, 3:42 PM IST
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Sunil Gavaskar suggested that the lack of on-field action was a major reason behind Rayudu’s second-ball duck against Rajasthan Royals.
Chennai Super Kings batsman Ambati Rayudu hasn’t had an impressive performance in this season’s Indian Premier League (IPL) so far, scoring just 83 runs in eight matches. At 37, Rayudu is probably at the fag end of his IPL career. The introduction of the impact player rule has reduced Rayudu’s role in IPL 2023. His current IPL average of 16.60 is also the lowest in a single season in the history of the competition. Rayudu has been deployed mostly as an impact player or purely as a batsman in the 16th edition of the IPL so far. Batting great Sunil Gavaskar believes that bringing in Rayudu as an impact player has proved to their detriment.
The former Indian skipper felt that the lack of on-field action was one of the major reasons behind Rayudu’s second-ball duck against Rajasthan Royals on Thursday. Gavaskar also made a comparison between Prithvi Shaw and Rayudu to prove his point.
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“You come to the ground. You can’t just come to bat and start hitting the ball. You can’t do that. This is what we have seen with Prithvi Shaw. He is just coming in to bat without success. No fielding, no scoring. Rayudu got out on the second ball,” Sunil Gavaskar reportedly said while commenting during an IPL 2023 match between Rajasthan and Chennai.
Coming in to bat at No.5, Ambati Rayudu had to play a remarkable knock to bring Chennai back into the contest against Rajasthan. But Rayudu failed to do anything special yesterday. Rayudu opted to play the slog sweep, but a mistimed shot eventually led to his dismissal. Rajasthan spinner Ravichandran Ashwin managed to send Rayudu back to the dressing room for a duck on the fourth ball of the 11th over.
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Chasing a mammoth target of 203, Chennai failed to come up with a concrete response. Shivam Dubey definitely completed his half-century but his struggle went in vain. MS Dhoni’s men were restricted to 170. Rajasthan spinner Adam Zampa took three wickets to seal a 32-run victory for the Sanju Samson-led side. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was adjudged player of the match for his brilliant knock of 77 runs for Rajasthan yesterday. The defeat leaves Chennai in third place in the IPL 2023 standings. Rajasthan on the other hand is on top of the IPL points table.
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