Against a quality bowling line-up of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Ambati Rayudu scored his maiden Indian Premier League (IPL). Rayudu, who has this season batted at various positions for Chennai Super Kings (CSK), finished unbeaten on 100 off just 62 balls. Rayudu has been in good touch this season and has scored 535 runs from 12 matches thus far. Besides this century, he has two half-centuries against his name this season. IPL 2018 Points Table

Meanwhile, Rayudu becomes the fourth batsman to score a hundred against SRH. In fact, he is the third batsman this season to register a ton against the Hyderabad outfit. Besides him, Chris Gayle and Rishabh Pant reached the three-figure mark against Sunrisers. The right-handed batsman apparently was named as Man of the Match and said he his enjoying his time. "It's a good position to bat (opening) in T20s. I am enjoying it right now. There's no secret. We are backing ourselves and communicating very well (about batting with Watson). He has been of great help to me. I was ready to open. If you are good at 4-day cricket, you can bat at any position.”

As Rayudu smashed his maiden IPL century, Twitterati was all praises for the batsman. He was trending on the social networking site. Here are some of the reactions:

The moment Ambati Rayudu reached the three-figure mark:

Thanks to his good form, the 32-year-old was recalled in the Indian squad for three-match One-Day International (ODI) series against India. Interestingly, he was ignored for T20I series against Ireland and England.

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