Middle-order Indian batsman Ambati Rayudu on Wednesday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
Speaking to IANS, a senior BCCI official confirmed thatRayudu had written to the BCCI announcing his retirement from all forms ofcricket. However, the batsman could not be contacted for a comment.
The right-handed batsman scored 1,694 runs at an average of47.05 with a top score of 124* in the 55 ODIs he played for India. He scoredthree centuries and 10 fifties and had a strike rate of 79.04.
In six T20Is, he scored 42 runs at an average of 10.50.Besides, he also played 97 first-class matches in which he amassed 6,151 runs.
Rayudu was not included in the 15-member squad for theongoing World Cup. Despite being named in the reserves, he was not called up inthe squad after Shikhar Dhawan and Vijay Shankar suffered injuries and RishabhPant and Mayank Agarwal were, instead, named as their replacements. After he again missed a spot in India’s WorldCup team, Iceland Cricket in a bizarre tweet on Tuesday, offered the33-year-old permanent residency in their country so that he could play forthem.