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Ambati Rayudu      

Full name Ambati Thirupathi Rayudu

Born September 23, 1985, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh

Current age 24 years 49 days

Major teams Hyderabad (India), Hyderabad Heroes, ICL India XI

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
First-class 48 78 8 2758 210 39.40 7 13 33 0
List A 40 37 1 1085 117 30.13 1 8 16 0
Twenty20 6 6 1 167 75* 33.40 128 130.46 0 2 14 4 4 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
First-class 48 567 375 8 4/43 46.87 3.96 70.8 1 0 0
List A 40 216 202 8 4/45 4/45 25.25 5.61 27.0 1 0 0
Twenty20 6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Career statistics
First-class debut 2001/02
Last First-class Hyderabad (India) v Himachal Pradesh at Hyderabad, Nov 3-6, 2009 scorecard
List A debut 2001/02
Last List A Karnataka v Hyderabad (India) at Hyderabad (Decc), Feb 16, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Goa v Hyderabad (India) at Visakhapatnam, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Andhra v Hyderabad (India) at Visakhapatnam, Sep 25, 2009 scorecard
Profile

Ambati Rayudu was touted as India's next great batting hope ever since he started training at the National Cricket Academy in 2001. A pint-sized, fluent strokemaker with a compact technique, he blazed an unbeaten 177 - after opening the batting - as India's colts completed a clean sweep of a one-day series in England in 2002. The Ranji Trophy season that followed, his first, was also exceptional - including a double-century and a hundred in the same match against Andhra - though he tailed off towards the end of an arduous campaign. He was captain of India's Under-19 team and led the side to the semis of the U-19 World Cup in Bangladesh in 2004. However, his batting since then hasn't matched initial expectations; he has failed to earn a call-up for the national team and has been overtaken by several of his U-19 team-mates, including Irfan Pathan, Suresh Raina and Dinesh Karthik. But Rayudu had more than his fair share of problems off the field. After a disappointing 2004-05 season with the bat, he had issues with the then Hyderabad coach and transferred to Andhra the following season. He returned to Hyderabad the next season but started having trouble with the umpires on a few occasions. His consistency suffered, and when the Indian Cricket League came calling in 2007, he signed up along with a host of fellow Hyderabad team-mates. The opportunity to play alongside foreign stars in front of a television audience, he said, attracted him. The ICL put a hold on his international prospects for two seasons before accepting the BCCI's amnesty offer in 2009 and cancelling his contract.
Dileep Premachandran June 2009

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Nov 24, 2008

Ambati Rayudu helped the India XI to victory, India XI v Pakistan XI, ICL 20s World Series, Ahmedabad, November 24, 2008

Ambati Rayudu helped the India XI to victory

© ICL

Oct 10, 2008

Ambati Rayudu acknowledges the cheers for his half-century, Hyderabad Heroes v Lahore Badshahs, 1st match, Indian Cricket League, Hyderabad, October 10, 2008

Ambati Rayudu acknowledges the cheers for his half-century

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Oct 10, 2008

Ambati Rayudu hits out in his 42-ball 58, Hyderabad Heroes v Lahore Badshahs, 1st match, Indian Cricket League, Hyderabad, October 10, 2008

Ambati Rayudu hits out in his 42-ball 58

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Country Fixtures Country Results
Group B: Bengal v Baroda at Kolkata - Nov 10-13
Baroda 307 Bengal 102/3
Group B: Delhi v Karnataka at Delhi - Nov 10-13
Delhi 154 & 93/2 Karnataka 260
Group A: Goa v Assam at Margao
Nov 10-13 (09:30 local, 04:00 GMT)
Group A: Gujarat v Tamil Nadu at Ahmedabad - Nov 10-13
Gujarat 343 Tamil Nadu 198/2
Group B: J + K v Haryana at Srinagar - Nov 10-13
Haryana 23/1
Group A: Jharkhand v Vidarbha at Ranchi - Nov 10-13
Jharkhand 246/6
Group B: M. Pradesh v Kerala at Indore - Nov 10-13
M. Pradesh 172/1
Group A: Mumbai v Orissa at Mumbai (BS)
Nov 10-13 (09:30 local, 04:00 GMT)
Group A: Punjab v Hyderabad at Mohali - Nov 10-13
Punjab 221 & 59/3 Hyderabad 193
Group A: Railways v H. Pradesh at Delhi - Nov 10-13
Railways 419 H. Pradesh 34/0
Group B: Saurashtra v U. Pradesh at Rajkot - Nov 10-13
U. Pradesh 395 Saurashtra 125/3
Group A: Tripura v Rajasthan at Agartala - Nov 10-13
Rajasthan 102 & 97/5 Tripura 179
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