Cricket

‘Islie IPL se retirement le liya’ - Fans react as Ambati Rayudu is all set to play for Texas Super Kings in MLC 2023

Here is how fans have reacted as Ambati Rayudu is all set to play in the inaugural season of MLC 2023 for Texas Super Kings (TKS)

author-image
Jennifer
New Update
Ambati Rayudu

Ambati Rayudu (Image Source: Twitter)

The inaugural season of Major League Cricket (MLC) is going to start from 14 to 31 July 2023. Six teams will play across two venues and one of the teams is Texas Super Kings (TKS), owned by the owners of the IPL franchise, Chennai Super Kings (CSK). So, on 15 June, the team announced their seven overseas players and one of them is Ambati Rayudu.

Advertisment

Others are Devon Conway, Mitchell Santner, David Miller, Dwayne Bravo, Daniel Sams, and Gerald Coetzee. Even, Rayudu shared a selfie of himself on Twitter with the caption: “Same yellove…. Different continent… Texcited…” Seeing that, fans went crazy and shared their views on social media.

Here is the shared tweet:

“I can smile for the rest of my life.” - Ambati Rayudu after IPL 2023 final

Ambati Rayudu took retirement from all forms of cricket after winning the IPL 2023 with CSK. It was CSK’s fifth title while Rayudu’s sixth IPL title. After the final, Rayudu said: “It's a fairytale finish. I couldn't have asked for more. I'm fortunate to have played in really great sides. I can smile for the rest of my life. All the hard work I've done in the last 30 years, I'm happy I got to finish on this note. I would really like to thank my family, my father. Without them this wouldn't have been possible.”

Advertisment

CSK coach Stephen Fleming has been named as the coach of TKS also. After Rayudu’s retirement, Fleming opened up about him and while speaking to reporters, he said: "Ambati Rayudu has been an absolute legend. I rate him so highly as a batter and those three balls against Mohit Sharma today proved against one of the most in-form bowlers… to hit him for 6, 4 and 6 was sheer class. Rayudu will leave a hole, there is no doubt about it, but the game keeps moving. Doesn’t it? We expected that for him to go out like that was pretty emotional within the group and for him as well." In the final, Rayudu played an excellent cameo of 19 runs off eight balls, including one four and two sixes.

Here is how fans have reacted:

Cricket News featured Twitter Reactions