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Former Chennai Super Kings player Ambati Rayudu is part of the in-house expert and Hindi commentary team in IPL 2025. He played for the CSK from 2018 to 2023 and played a key role in helping the franchise lift the title in 2018, 2021, and 2023 under MS Dhoni’s captaincy. This time, he is supporting Dhoni and Chennai Super Kings in IPL through commentary. Cricket fans are criticising him a lot on social media regarding this, to which Ambati Rayudu replied today through an ‘X’ post and also made the critics listen to him. 

“I was a Thala’s fan, I’m a Thala’s fan, and I will always be a Thala’s fan. No matter what anyone thinks or does. It will not make a one percent difference. So, please stop spending money on paid PR and donate that to charity. A lot of underprivileged people can benefit,” Rayudu wrote in his X post.

Ambati Rayudu and Navjot Singh Sidhu clashed even in the commentary box.

On Tuesday, Chennai Super Kings lost the match to Punjab, which was their fourth consecutive defeat this season. After the match, a video of Rayudu and Navjot Singh Sidhu arguing went viral on social media. When Dhoni was coming down the field after Shivam Dube was out, Sidhu said that Dhoni was running down the stairs. The intent can be seen in his gait. After this, Ambati Rayudu also praised Dhoni. He said that Dhoni was coming with a sword in his hand. Even after that, Ambati Rayudu did not stop praising Dhoni. Later, Sidhu shared on his social media account and wrote that Dhoni had come to play cricket, Guru, not to fight a war. During the live commentary of the same match, Navjot Singh Sidhu had indirectly called MS Dhoni and Rayudu chameleons. It also went viral on social media after the match.

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