IPL playerIndia2010 to 2023
Ambati Rayudu
On scorecards: AT Rayudu · Right-hand bat
Ambati Rayudu, a batter, played fourteen IPL seasons for two franchises. Six titles came along the way.
The arrival
Ambati Rayudu's first IPL season was 2010, with Mumbai Indians, a signing made outside the auction.
That first season brought 14 matches and 356 runs.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2018, for Chennai Super Kings: 602 runs at an average of 43.0, striking at 149.8 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 138.1, with 1 hundred and 3 fifties, and a highest score of 100 not out. Chennai Super Kings won the title that year.
Measured against the league around it, though, the most destructive season was 2021: 257 runs at a strike rate of 151.2, 24 runs per hundred balls quicker than the IPL as a whole that year.
Franchise by franchise
2010 to 2017, Mumbai Indians. 114 matches and 2,416 runs; champions in 2013, 2015 and 2017.
2018 to 2023, Chennai Super Kings. Bought at the 2018 auction for ₹2.20 cr. 90 matches and 1,932 runs; champions in 2018, 2021 and 2023.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Mumbai Indians, 2010 to 2017.
How the runs came
Across the career, Ambati Rayudu struck at 127.5. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 130.0, so the scoring rate tracked the league's almost exactly. 57% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 359 fours and 173 sixes.
The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 34.8% of the balls Ambati Rayudu faced were dot balls, a lower share than 60% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 19.7 balls, and a four every 9.5.
The fielding record: 64 catches, 14 run-outs and 2 stumpings.
At the auction
Ambati Rayudu went under the hammer twice. The highest price was ₹6.75 cr, paid by Chennai Super Kings in 2022, more than 3 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹2.20 cr in 2018, ₹6.75 cr by 2022.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
On the all-time IPL lists, among 810 players, Ambati Rayudu finished 18th for runs and 11th for matches played.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 356 | 55* | 27.4 | 144.7 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 7 | 1 | |
| 2011 | Mumbai Indians | 16 | 395 | 63* | 28.2 | 112.9 | 4/0 | – | – | – | 8 | 1 | |
| 2012 | Mumbai Indians | 17 | 333 | 81* | 37.0 | 132.1 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
| 2013 | Mumbai Indians | 19 | 265 | 37 | 22.1 | 114.7 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 8 | Champions | |
| 2014 | Mumbai Indians | 15 | 361 | 68 | 25.8 | 125.8 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | |
| 2015 | Mumbai Indians | 15 | 281 | 53* | 31.2 | 145.6 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 9 | 1 | Champions |
| 2016 | Mumbai Indians | 13 | 334 | 65 | 30.4 | 120.1 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 4 | ||
| 2017 | Mumbai Indians | 5 | 91 | 63 | 18.2 | 116.7 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | Champions |
| 2018 | Chennai Super Kings | 16 | 602 | 100* | 43.0 | 149.8 | 3/1 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | Champions |
| 2019 | Chennai Super Kings | 17 | 282 | 57 | 23.5 | 93.1 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 6 | ||
| 2020 | Chennai Super Kings | 12 | 359 | 71 | 39.9 | 127.3 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | |
| 2021 | Chennai Super Kings | 16 | 257 | 72* | 25.7 | 151.2 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 2 | Champions | |
| 2022 | Chennai Super Kings | 13 | 274 | 78 | 24.9 | 122.3 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 4 | ||
| 2023 | Chennai Super Kings | 16 | 158 | 27* | 15.8 | 139.8 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 2 | Champions |
Franchise journey
- Mumbai Indians: 2010 to 2017
- Chennai Super Kings: 2018 to 2023
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 34.8% |
| Balls per four | 9.5 |
| Balls per six | 19.7 |
| Catches | 64 |
| Run-outs | 14 |
| Stumpings | 2 |
At the auction
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet