5 Indian players whose careers were shortened after showing displeasure towards selectors

4. Ambati Rayudu

Ambati Rayudu’s cricketing career has been nothing but a roller-coaster ride. He came into limelight after he led India in the U19 Cricket World Cup 2004. The lad was expected to break into the Indian team right there, however, playing the ICL, and some disputes with the state association eventually resulted in his ignorance.

Nevertheless, after displaying absolute steel in the domestic circuit during the 2011-12 season, Rayudu was finally picked in the Indian team in 2012. Although it took him a bit of time to play his international game, the 33-year-old finally made his international debut against Zimbabwe in 2013. Since then, the ace batsman’s career again became more of an elevated railway, as he kept going in-and-out of the team for the next 4-5 years. At one point in time, he even suffered an injury and was dropped from the team.

However, the Andhra Pradesh-born made a thunderous comeback in IPL 2018, which also went on to earn him a national spot. Rayudu became a permanent member of the Indian team for the next year. Although, the doohickeys didn’t go in his favor as he was dropped from the 15-man squad of India for the ICC Cricket World Cup.

As an upshot, an angry Ambati Rayudu went on to take a dig at the selectors who had termed his replacement, Vijay Shankar, as a ‘three-dimensional player’. “Just Ordered a new set of 3d glasses to watch the world cup” the right-handed batsman tweeted after the no. 4 snubs.

After such a big fiasco, Rayudu’s hopes of getting another opportunity were finished and he eventually retired.