Former Indian batting legend VVS Laxman reckons the consistency of Ambati Rayudu will provide a big gain for the Indian team. Ambati Rayudu had returned into the ODI side in the Asia Cup. Since then, he has slammed three fifties and a century in his ten innings. Rayudu’s reliability and ability to switch gears when needed has earned him the backing of his captain Virat Kohli in the recently concluded ODI series against the Windies.
However, VVS Laxman who recently turned 44 was not happy with the performance of India in the game at Pune. After that, India won the last two games and also won the series 3-1. They won the fourth game with a massive margin of 224 runs and the final match by nine wickets.
Laxman wrote in his column for The Times of India on Saturday. “The No. 4 position is a pivotal one because more often than not, he will be walking out to join a set batsman. It becomes important to rotate strike from the off so that neither you nor your partner feels the pinch. Rayudu is adept at doing that against the spinners, and at using his feet as well as the depth of the crease to the faster bowlers.”
Injuries have been the biggest reasons for Rayudu missing out on international matches. Since his ODI debut in June 2013, the 33-year-old has managed to play 45 ODIs for India. “His [Rayudu's] emergence as a dependable, reliable and explosive No. 4 is a massive positive. Even though he hasn’t played a lot of international cricket, he is a very experienced batsman and a huge asset to the side,” Laxman added.
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