"Hope Ambati Rayudu Is Doing Okay": Ex-CSK The Target Of Trolls After RCB's Win At Chepauk, Reply Is Classic

Royal Challengers Bengaluru notched a memorable win over Chennai Super Kings on Friday. The Rajat Patidar-led side won by 50 runs, and it was the first time since 2008 that RCB had won against CSK in Chennai. Former CSK star Ambati Rayudu is a quite a vocal supporter of the Ruturaj Gaikwad-led side and before the match said, "Purely as a fan, and as someone who had really good laughter at them over the years because of what they do to themselves, I would want them to win sometime, but not this year, maybe. We want CSK to do well and win it this year. In the end, we need someone like RCB in the IPL (laughs)."

After the match ended, a RCB fan group trolled Rayudu and the reply was classic. "Hahahaha good one .. @rcbfans.official This is exactly how banter is supposed to be.. you guys have a great team this year and you can hope for the best." he wrote in an Instagram post. 

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Ambati Rayudu earlier said the phenomenal support Mahendra Singh Dhoni enjoys from the CSK fans has gradually morphed into an unhealthy obsession which is daunting for other batters to handle as the crowd is always anticipating their early dismissal so that they can see their 'Thala' bat. Rayudu said the fans' support is first for Dhoni and then for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and probably in future it may hurt the team's branding which has always revolved around one man.

"It is quite daunting if you're a newcomer. It's quite loud. The support is phenomenal. But, as you go on and play, then you realise they are MS Dhoni fans before they are CSK fans," Rayudu told ESPNcricinfo.

"It is quite evident, and rightly so, because that's the way the team has been set up and built over the years. He's rightly named