#3 Ambati Rayudu

Ambati Rayudu has had a pretty eventful career, with off the field issues overshadowing his phenomenal on-field performances. He has delivered whenever he was asked to and recently did a magnificent job the IPL champions Chennai Super Kings.
Rayudu scored 602 runs at an average of over 40 and in a lightning pace of a nearly 150 strike rate. His ODI career numbers are quite lucrative, which features an average of over 50 and a strike rate of over 75.
In challenging conditions like that of Australia, New Zealand or England, his average is nearly 50 and strike rate remaining almost intact as well. The Indian team, with all its youth and exuberance, might be needing an experienced figure in the middle-order, and who better than Rayudu to give them the stability?
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