58 minutes of Ambati Rayudu

Tuesday, April 16, at 4:30 pm, Ambati Rayudu decided to put Twitter in turmoil. cryptic tweet before taking part in a training session with the Chennai Super Kings. The atmosphere in the camp was good. In fact, it's been good for a while. After all, the defending champions comfortably took the lead. But for Rayudu, the last 24 hours would be among the toughest of his career. Rumors that he would be unlucky not to be among the 15 players of the World Cup were true.

When he took a dig at the chief selector after the announcement of the team, he barely received any criticism from anyone. We could sympathize with him. After all, he was so close to taking the plane to England without having played any World Cup 2015 matches. His journey was already one for centuries, going back to his ICL days, when many had closed the door to him. This roller coaster ride saw him backed by his skipper just six months before the tournament, after which he even made an extra effort by leaving first-clbad cricket to focus his energy on the new lifeline. There must have been a feeling of betrayal outside of agony. At age 33, another World Cup opportunity probably does not even exist, given India's vast talent pool.

And then there was Vijay Shankar waiting Wednesday. Vijay Shankar from Chennai representing Hyderabad against Rayudu from Hyderabad representing Chennai a day after the tweet that made Rayudu's dissatisfaction very clear. Vijay calling him No. 4 because of his ability to contribute in all three departments did not smile very well to Rayudu. And then, April 11, Vijay immediately eliminated Faf du Plessis to bring the number 4 Super Kings in the center. It just had to happen. You can not keep a good story, can you?

The fiery nature of Rayudu is well documented and the duel certainly had a lot of attractions. The crowd also took to the act when Vijay broke in and Rayudu almost cut a ball back on his first stubborn ball when he attempted to disengage himself from his body. The jokes about the 3D glbades started to go around the expected lines. Three balls later, however, at the end of the match, what the TV cameras did not show is a moment that few people on the scene have seen coming. Vijay, who had left after the completion of the race, returned to Rayudu with the duet shaking hands, followed by a small hug. Even if he was on unexpected lines, it was certainly the disaster needed for this episode so that two cricketers who have nothing in reality can take care of their business.

After the match, Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming reiterated the need for Rayudu to refocus his energy to play well for the franchise, while offering some hope to the standby drummer in case of injury. one of the members of the group of 15 Indian Teams. "Every time you have a dream, there is a certain disappointment and we just have to work closely with him as a team, because he has a job to do for us and he has to recalibrate his goal," Fleming said in a statement. communicated. 33 Years. "There is still a fair amount of time before the World Cup, anything can happen, so he has to make sure to handle clbad and performance because these are the two things he can control."

At the end of the episode of Vijay Shankar, Rayudu continued as if nothing had happened. He was constantly lacking partners and was struggling to find the perfect time to settle his account on a slow wicket. Determined to stay in the fold, he survived a criticism and sought out these simple singles and two next to Ravindra Jadeja and was even treated at one point after completing a double. And then in the final, old Rayudu was back. There is subtlety in his game, but there are times when he plays like a possessed man powered by aggression. Umpire Ulhas Gandhe was caught in the midst of a new storm without a balloon when Bhuvneshwar Kumar sent two short-range deliveries and Rayudu made his dissatisfaction very apparent. The dispute continued even after the end of the heats and he was right in front of the referee before Yusuf Pathan of the opposition camp was forced to calm him down.

This was not new. In the past, he had problems with opponents, his own teammates and referees. This non-balloon would not have changed the final result. Many things could have happened during his 58 minutes on the field, but he managed to make it unbeaten 25. His team was brilliantly beaten by Sunrisers. But for someone like Rayudu, there is a battle to win every time he's in the middle. And sometimes even triumphing might not be enough, as he discovered on Monday, when these 15 names were revealed.