Kohli, Sehwag lead wishes for Rayudu's life post retirement

In his retirement mail, Rayudu thanked India skipper Virat Kohli for showing belief in him. The Indian skipper took to Twitter to lead the wishes and also called him "a top man"

Snubbed twice over for the ongoing World Cup, Rayudu Wednesday retired from all forms of cricket without specifying his reasons for calling it quits. The 33-year-old Andhra Pradesh batsman was in India's official standbys list for the big event but it was youngster Mayank Agrawal who was brought in after the injury-forced ouster of all-rounder Vijay Shankar. In his retirement mail, Rayudu thanked India skipper Virat Kohli for showing belief in him. The Indian skipper took to Twitter to lead the wishes and also called him "a top man". Former India cricketers VVS Laxman and Virender Sehwag showed sympathy towards Rayudu.

Wish you the best going forward Ambati. You're a top man 👊🙂👏@RayuduAmbati

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) July 3, 2019

Must definitely be very painful at being ignored for the WorldCup for #AmbatiRayudu but I wish him all the very best in life after retirement.

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) July 3, 2019

Can understand the pain and anguish Ambati Rayudu may be feeling after the World Cup snub even after performing well. I wish him lots of happiness and peace in his second innings.

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) July 3, 2019

Really feel for #AmbatiRayudu. Always gave it everything he had but sometimes was left holding the wrong cards. So hope he continues in domestic white ball cricket so that we can see his wholehearted style of play in the #IPL. This is an emotional moment but there is a tomorrow

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) July 3, 2019

Have to feel for #AmbatiRayudu , did everything he could to make a comeback, did well in the opportunities he got but the World Cup snub must have hurt him really deeply. Wish him the best in retirement.

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) July 3, 2019

Rayudu played 55 ODIs for India, scoring 1694 runs at an average of 47.05. The player, who could never break into the Test team, was in the spotlight before the World Cup. Declared the preferred No.4 batsman by Kohli not many months ago, Rayudu was ignored for Shankar in India's final squad for the big event. Chairman of selectors MSK Prasad had justified the move by saying that Shankar had "three-dimensional skills". Shankar couldn't make much of an impact and was eventually forced out by a toe injury. Rayudu had taken a dig at Prasad's statement with a cheeky social media post. "Just Ordered a new set of 3d glasses to watch the world cup," he had tweeted at the time.