On June 10, Yuvraj Singh announced retirement after waiting all of two years for yet another India call-up. Then, in what came as a shock, Ambati Thirupathi Rayudu took the Yuvraj route on Wednesday. As recently as February, the 33-year-old Rayudu had been the MoM in the last ODI in New Zealand, getting the award for a 90. More significant, Rayudu was a standby for the World Cup. Vijay had edged out Rayudu when the World Cup squad was picked, in April, prompting the latter to caustically tweet he’d ordered a “new set of 3-D glasses” to watch the World Cup.

Source: The Telegraph July 03, 2019 21:47 UTC