“Hope Ambati Rayudu Is Doing Okay”: Ex-CSK The Target Of Trolls After RCB’s Win At Chepauk, Reply Is Classic

The Royal Challengers Bengaluru won a memorable victory against Chennai Super Kings on Friday. The team led by Rajat Patidar won by 50 points, and it was the first time since 2008 that RCB had won against CSK in Chennai. The former CSK star, Ambati Rayudu, is a very supporter of the team led by Ruturaj Gaikwad and before the match said, “only as a fan, and as a person who really had good laughs over the years because of what they do to them (laughs).”

After the end of the match, a group of RCB fans dragged Rayudu and the answer was classic. “Hahahaha good. @ rcbfans.official This is exactly how the jokes are supposed to be.

Ambati Rayudi said earlier than the phenomenal support that Mahendra Singh Dhoni enjoys CSK fans has gradually transformed into an unhealthy obsession that is intimidating for other strikers to manage because the crowd always anticipates their early dismissal so that they can see their Thala bat. Rayudu said that fans’ support is the first for Dhoni, then for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and probably in the future, it could harm the brand of the team that has always revolved around one man.

“It’s quite intimidating if you are a newcomer. It’s quite noisy. The support is phenomenal. But, as you play, so you realize that they are fans of Mrs. Dhoni before they are CSK fans,” Rayudu told Espncricinfo.

“It is quite obvious, and rightly, because this is how the team has been created and built over the years. He is rightly named Thala (leader) and he called the shots in CSK, and it happened at a stage where people are madly impressed and in love with what he did for CSK.” Dhoni, 43 years old, who retired from international cricket in 2020, began lowering the decline in the IPL and also left the captain last year to facilitate a smooth transition.

He comes to beat at the number seven or eight, and barely obtained 10 to 15 balls in a match, considerably reducing his folding time.

Since he does not beat long, fans become furious when the former charismatic captain of India begins his walk to the fold.

Rayudu said that this has been happening for several years now, and that several players have felt it even if they did not say it openly.

“… But internally, many people felt that the crowd even if we also love Ms Dhoni, and they also like Mrs. Dhoni and that we want to see him beat, but sometimes when you, as an individual, take you out of the crowd to … literally asking you to go out. Or they anticipate or expect you to get out.” “So, it’s quite strange, and I don’t think it serves the game to be very honest. All the (other) players also give their best for the team and they have put a lot of sacrifice to be where they are. When things like it happen on their own crowds, I think it can be avoided.” Rayudu said that there was nothing wrong about a player’s superstar status, but hinted that after Dhoni hung his boots, the side will find it difficult to attract the crowd.

With PTI entries