Ambati Rayudu Height, Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ambati Rayudu

• Ambati Rayudu is an Indian former cricketer and politician from Hyderabad.

• In 1992, when Rayudu was 8 years old, his father enrolled him in a coaching camp in Hyderabad, which was run by former Hyderabad cricketer Vijay Paul.

• In an interview, Rayudu revealed that his first memory of watching international cricket was the Hero Cup, in 1993.

• In 2002, at the age of 16, Rayudu made his first-class debut during the 2001-02 Ranji Trophy.

  Ambati Rayudu Batting In A Ranji Match

• Rayudu had claimed for the Indian cap after scoring 210 and 159 not out against Andhra in only his third Ranji game. In the same match, Rayudu earned the tag of being the youngest player to score a double century and a century in a Ranji match.

• He captained India’s under-19 World Cup team in 2004, which had players like Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan, Dinesh Karthik, RP Singh, and Shikhar Dhawan.

  Indian senior cricket team manager Mr. Ranga Reddy congratulates Ambati Tirupati Rayudu, who scored a match-winning 177 for the Indian under-19 team against England

• In December 2012, Rayudu was picked as the replacement player for the injured Manoj Tiwary for the T20I series against England. He was selected by the newly formed selection panel, chaired by Sandeep Patil.

• Rayudu and V. V. S. Laxman have played together in the Ranji Trophy.

• Apart from being a batsman, he was a part-time off-spinner and wicket-keeper.

  Ambati Rayudu As A Wicketkeeper

• His bowling action was similar to that of Sri Lanka off-spinner Muthiah Muralitharan.

  Ambati Rayudu Bowling Action

• When India was playing a practice match against Australia A team in Australia, an umpire gave him lbw out which he didn’t agree upon and lost control over his emotions.

• During the 2014 IPL, once he brought a homemade biryani for MS Dhoni and his Chennai Super Kings (CSK) team players.

• He is a huge fan of Manchester United football club.

• After being ignored twice when two Indian players, Shikhar Dhawan and Vijay Shankar, sustained injuries in the 2019 Cricket World Cup, Rayudu, on 3 July 2019, announced his retirement from international cricket.

• In his career, Rayudu played 55 ODIs scoring 1694 runs with an average of 47.05 and 6 T20Is scoring only 42 runs with an average of 10.50.