Ambati Rayudu Top Picks for CSK-MI All-Time Playing XI
Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians are the two most successful franchises in IPL history, both having won five titles each, a record that remains unbeaten and can only be beat by one of these two teams. Ambati Rayudu had the chance of playing for both of these prestigious franchises. Here are Ambati Rayudu top picks for CSK-MI all-time playing XI.
Ambati Rayudu and his IPL career
Ambati Rayudu and his IPL career spans at 204 matches, he has managed to score 4348 in his IPL career, with a strike rate of 127.54, and has scored 22 half-centuries and 1 century. His career started in 2009, but his best season came in 2018, wherein he amassed 602 runs. His last IPL season was in the year 2023, wherein he left the pitch forever after some commendable efforts in helping CSK win their 5th IPL title.
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Ambati Rayudu’s CSK-MI All-Time Playing XI
Ambati Rayudu named his all-time combined playing XI for CSKand MI, that featured seven legends from MI. Rayudu, who had the opportunity to play for both teams, selected Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma as his openers. Tendulkar, who played 78 IPL matches for MI, scored 2334 runs, while Rohit, who joined MI in 2011, has accumulated 5458 runs in 212 matches. Suresh Raina, CSK’s top run-scorer with 4687 runs in 176 matches, was chosen as the No. 3 batter.
Rayudu included Suryakumar Yadav and Kieron Pollard at No. 4 and 5, respectively. Pollard, a key MI player for all 13 seasons, helped MI win five IPL titles. MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, and Dwayne Bravo made the middle order. Bravo, once with MI before joining CSK, was an essential all-rounder for CSK.
For the bowling department, Rayudu picked MI’s Jasprit Bumrah and Lasith Malinga as fast bowlers, alongside Harbhajan Singh as the specialist spinner. Malinga retired with 170 wickets in 122 matches, and Bumrah has taken 165 wickets in 133 IPL matches. And for the final honours, he picked himself as the impact player.
Ambati Rayudu’s All-Time CSK-MI Squad
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Rohit Sharma
- Suresh Raina
- Suryakumar Yadav
- Kieron Pollard
- MS Dhoni
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Dwayne Bravo
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Lasith Malinga
- Harbhajan Singh
- Impact player: Ambati Rayudu
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