After being passed over despite two Indian players sustaining injuries at the World Cup, batsman Ambati Rayudu announced his retirement from international cricket. Rayudu was listed in the reserves for the Indian cricket team prior to the World Cup. At the World Cup, after Shikhar Dhawan was ruled out of games due to a thumb injury, the Indian team management had opted to fly in Rishabh Pant. It highlights the cluttered mindset of the Indian team management struggling to get its batting order right. In a profile of Rayudu written after he was not picked for the World Cup squad, Sriram Veera had noted: “Frank, honest, emotional, competitive, impulsive, at times self-destructive, short-tempered, shy, loyal—a roller coaster of traits has been attributed to Rayudu.

Source: Indian Express July 03, 2019 07:08 UTC