In early hours of the day today, the Indian Middle-Order batsman Ambati Rayudu retired form all forms of cricket with immediate. He announced his retirement through a official email to BCCI. It was confirmed by BCCI CEO Mr. Rahul Johri that Ambati has decided to hang his boots. Some reports suggest that Rayudu took this decision after he was overlooked to replace the injured Shikhar Dhawan & Vijay Shankar.

Here is the email which Rayudu sent to the Board:

Respected sir,

I would like to bring to your kind notice that I have come to decision to step away from the sport and retire from all forms and levels of the game. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the bcci and all the state associations that I have represented which include Hyderabad, Baroda, Andhra and Vidharbha. I also would like to thank the two IPL franchises MI and CSK for their support. It has been an honour and privilege to have represented our country. I would like to thank the captains I have played under, MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma and especially Virat Kohli who always had shown great belief in me throughout my career with the Indian team. It has been a wonderful journey of playing the sport and learning from every up and down it brought up on for the last 25 years at various different levels. Finally I would like to thank my family and all the wellwishers who have been with me throughout this wonderful journey. 

Thanking you sir,

Yours sincerely

Ambati Rayudu

(Source: Twitter)