Ambati Rayudu scored his third One-day International (ODI) century during India’s thumping win over the Windies on Monday. Rayudu along with Rohit Sharma (162) powered India to a mammoth total of 377/5, before the Indian bowlers dismissed the Windies out for 153 to take an unassailable 2-1 lead in the five-match ODI series. Impressed by Rayudu’s knock, India captain Virat Kohli said that the team and the management are happy that someone intelligent is batting at number four.
“Rayudu has taken his chance with both hands. We need to back him till the 2019 WC (World Cup). He reads the game well, so we are happy that someone intelligent is batting at number four,” Kohli said at the post-match presentation.
Ahead of the series, Kohli had said that team management believed Rayudu was the right person to capitalise on the number four spot.
“It’s about giving him (Rayudu) enough game time till the World Cup so that the particular slot will be sorted for us,” Kohli had said.
The final ODI match will be played in Thiruvananthapuram on November 1.
