During Champions league in 2014 Rayudu arranged for his household to send the home-cooked Hyderabadi biryani to CSK team which was staying at the ITC Kakatiya. The hotel, which has strict policies about the consumption of outside food refused permission after Dhoni wanted to hold the biryani party in the board room. Dhoni was angered by the hotel staff’s refusal to allow outside food and checked out of the hotel with his team.
None of this was confirmed as officials remained tight-lipped.
Ambati Rayudu who was part of Mumbai Indians since 2010 till last year. Currently he is playing for CSK under MS Dhoni. He was not retained by Mumbai Indians because they were looking at a younger bunch of players who will make the spine of the team for next 10 years. Harbajan and Raydu were not getting any younger. So that was one of most important reason they were released. Both Rayudu and Harbhajan were picked up by CSK in this years auction.
MS Dhoni has always rated Ambati Rayudu right up there in terms of sheer calibre. There has been good reason too, with Rayudu having played some more than handy knocks for India and also Mumbai Indians.
He might be one of the more underrated players in the Chennai Super Kings line-up, but Ambati Rayudu once again showed on Sunday why he is one of the most handy domestic players around as he hit a 37-ball 79 to not only help CSK register a 4-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal. Rayudu has scored 201 runs with an average of 40.20 in IPL 2018 till now. He opened the innings with Shane Watson for three games of the five games Chennai Super Kings have played so far in this IPL season, then played at no.3 when Suresh Raina was injured. Rayudu’s adaptability has been key in CSK’s rise to the top.