Chief selector disclosed, told why Ambati Rayudu was out of Team India - watsupptoday.com
Chief selector disclosed, told why Ambati Rayudu was out of Team India
Posted 06 Feb 2020 11:11 AM

Source: Hindustan Times

Chief Selector MSK Prasad on Ambati Rayudu: In the last days of his tenure, MSK Prasad, the chief selector of the Indian cricket team, has also revealed why he removed the Indian team's middle order batsman Ambati Rayudu from the team. MSK Prasad has said that he was also offended when Ambati Rayudu was out.

MSK Prasad, 45, has said that Ambati Rayudu did well in 2019, but was dropped from the team before the World Cup. In an interview to Sportstar, the chairman of the Indian team's selectors' committee MSK Prasad has revealed that Ambati Rayudu was chosen by us on the basis of IPL performance and included in the ODI squad. The committee had also focused on Ambati Rayudu's fitness, but unfortunately he dropped out of the World Cup squad. This was indeed a very different issue.

I felt bad too - M.S.K.

MSK Prasad has said, “I felt very bad about Rayudu. I can clarify that this decision was a very touching issue. Our selection committee has always felt that he is on the radar of Test selection after the 2016 Zimbabwe tour and I told him why he does not focus on Test cricket. If you remember, we gave him a place in the ODI team based on the performance of IPL. Which may not seem appropriate to many, but it is true. "

He added, "After that we focused on his fitness at NCA for a month and helped him. He had regained his fitness to a great extent, but unfortunately he dropped out of the team. I myself was sad about what happened to them (not the World Cup selection). I felt very bad about him. "Let me tell you that all-rounder Vijay Shankar was selected in the team in place of Ambati Rayudu and the selectors said that he is as a reserve player, but not even when he was selected as a reserve player. So Ambati Rayudu had announced to retire. However, he later withdrew his decision.

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