The 36-year-old right-handed batter had quit in July, 2019 from all forms of cricket after being ignored for the ICC ODI World Cup but made himself available for selection after two months.
One of CSK's key batsmen and Team India international Ambati Rayudu is celebrating his 36th birthday today.
Rayudu was struck by Adam Milne's delivery before falling to the ground in discomfort, adding to Chennai's batting woes on the night.
The monstrous shot missed the players, but crashed into the refrigerator in the MI dugout at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Saturday night, with photographs showing the top-left half of the glass-door refrigerator suffering some serious damage.
Kieron Pollard's blistering 87 off 34 deliveries helped defending champions Mumbai Indians pull off their highest ever run-chase and register a four-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
Ambati Rayudu's attack left MI in a state of shock after the Rohit Sharma-led outfit seemed to have got back into the match with quick wickets.
In-form CSK opener Ruturaj Gaikwad can’t stop scoring runs as he slammed a 49-ball 62* to turn a party spoiler for KXIP as his third consecutive half-century ensured 9-wicket win for CSK.
Kieron Pollard stressed that it was important to get the wicket of Rayudu cheap as he has performed consistently well against them in the past.
Rayudu was the match-winner for CSK in their opener against defending champions Mumbai Indians in Abu Dhabi last Saturday.
Watson hailed Rayudu's match-winning knock of 71 runs in the opener of IPL 2020 against defending champions Mumbai Indians on Saturday in Abu Dhabi and the manner in the "incredible" way in which he negated the pressure from Jasprit Bumrah
Mumbai Indians’ winless run in the first game of the season stretches to eighth year as CSK win by 5 wickets.
Rayudu dealt with the pressure patiently against the new-ball attack on a tricky track to bring up his 19th half-century off 33 deliveries.
Weeks before the start of the 13th edition of the league, Raina pulled out abruptly citing personal reasons, his decision coming in the wake of the 13 positive cases of COVID-19 in the CSK unit
Forner Indian opener suggests Shane Watson and Ambati Rayudu as openers for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2020
Rayudu was India's first choice for the role having given a lengthy run but the selectors picked Vijay Shankar as the No.4 batsmen for the World Cup tournament.
A former Indian selector has provided the reason for not including Rayudu in the final squad.
Rayudu, during an Instagram Live session with Indian Premier League franchise Chennai Super Kings, said that Raina looked in great shape ahead of the 13th season of the cash-rich league
The coronavirus outbreak was on Wednesday declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO), whose chief expressed his "deep concern" over the "alarming levels of inaction" in combating the virus spread.
Former chief selector MSK Prasad said that it was his duty to allow the next generation to come ahead after the 2019 World Cup and stick with them instead of backing MS Dhoni.
Yuvraj, who had announced his retirement from international cricket in June this year, was disappointed with the way the team management handled Rayudu's case in the lead up to the World Cup.
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