Middle-order batsman Ambati Rayudu has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, two months after being controversially left out of India's World Cup squad.
"I would like to bring to your kind notice that I have come to decision to step away from the sport and retire from all forms and levels of the game,"Rayudu wrote in an email to the BCCI. "I would like to take this opportunity to thank the BCCI and all the state associations that I have represented which include Hyderabad, Baroda,Andhra and Vidharbha.
"I also would like to thank the two IPL franchises Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings for their support. It has been a honour and privilege to have represented our country. I would like to thank the captains i have played under ,MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma and especially Virat Kohli who always had shown great belief in me throughout my career with the Indian team.
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"I would like to bring to your kind notice that I have come to decision to step away from the sport and retire from all forms and levels of the game,"Rayudu wrote in an email to the BCCI. "I would like to take this opportunity to thank the BCCI and all the state associations that I have represented which include Hyderabad, Baroda,Andhra and Vidharbha.
"I also would like to thank the two IPL franchises Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings for their support. It has been a honour and privilege to have represented our country. I would like to thank the captains i have played under ,MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma and especially Virat Kohli who always had shown great belief in me throughout my career with the Indian team.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27109689/undefined
Could go down one of the saddest stories on cricket