"What Nonsense...": CSK Star Rubbishes Reports Falsely Linking His Tweet To Sunil Gavaskar's Statement

29.04.2023 - 04:15 sports.ndtv.com

Chennai Super Kings batter Ambati Rayudu has strongly reacted to some reports linking one of his tweets as a response to what the great Sunil Gavaskar said during commentary for the IPL 2023 match between CCSK and Rajasthan Royals. "You got to field.

You can't just come out to bat and start hitting the ball. You can't do that. We have seen that with Prithvi Shaw. He has just been coming out to bat without success.

No fielding, no scoring. Rayudu is out for a second-ball duck," Gavaskar said on air. CSK lost the match to RR. After the game ended, Rayudu put out a tweet: "In life and sport ups and downs are a constant part.

We need to be positive and keeping working hard and things will turn around.. results are not always a measure of our effort.

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