Indian batsman, Ambati Rayudu first time appears in the IPL match. Rayudu is signed by Mumbai Indians team to play in IPL season 3 2010. There were gossips about Rayudu that he would play for Kolkata Knight Riders or Deccan Chargers but the youth opt for Mumbai Indians for the straightforward reason that to get a chance to play with Tendulkar. He said, “It has been my dream to play alongside my childhood hero Sachin Tendulkar.”

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Full Name: Ambati Thirupathi Rayudu
Date of Birth: Sep 23, 1985, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Major Team: Hyderabad (India), Hyderabad Heroes, ICL India XI, Mumbai Indians
Playing Roll: Batsman
Batting Style: Right handed
Bowling Style: Right-arm offbreak

There are three former ICL players added in Mumbai Indians squad such as, Ambati Rayudu, Syed Sahabuddin, and Ali Murtaza. Rayudu will be perfect player for the IPL both for his dazzling batting and fielding. Rayudu said before joining his teammates that, The IPL is too far away to think about right now, if he keeps scoring runs, then he is confident that he will be getting these offers, but right know his focus is to score runs. He played Hyderabad innings against Karnataka in the semi-final of the All-India cricket tournament for the Buchi Babu Trophy in 2009.

Ambati Rayudu and Saurabh Tiwary has hit great fifties, Mumbai Indians taken their biggest-ever total of 212 – 6 against Rajasthan Royals in the the IPL 2010. They both added 110 runs in 63 balls to recover their team from a triple-strike.

In 2004, Ambati Rayudu was selected as the captain of India's Under-19 cricket team and led the side to the semi of the U-19 World Cup in Bangladesh. In 2007, he joined Indian Cricket League (ICL) with six players from Hyderabad Cricket Association.

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