‘I can smile for rest of my life’: Ambati Rayudu after CSK win IPL 2023 title

𝗗𝗢 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦!

Two shots of excellence and composure!

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“It’s a fairytale finish and I couldn’t have asked for more. It’s unbelievable, really fortunate to have played in some great sides. This win is something I will remember for the rest of my life, for all the hardwork in the last 30 years, happy that it finished on this note. I can smile for the rest of my life. I would like to take this moment to thank my family and thank my father, without him I wouldn’t have been here today,” an emotional Rayudu said after the title.

After rain forced the IPL 2023 final to be played on Monday instead of Sunday, the game was interrupted again after the first innings. Under the DLS, the revised target was set at 171. The chase got dramatic at the end as CSK needed 10 runs off the last two balls. That’s when Ravindra Jadeja hit a six and a four on the last two balls to take Chennai home.

CSK captain MS Dhoni paid rich tribute to Rayudu. “Special thing about him is that whenever he is on the field, he’ll give you his 100 percent. And when he’s in the side, I’ll never win a fairplay award,” he said at the presentation ceremony.