July, 2000: Features in the Asian Cricket Council U-15 tournament, emerges as the Man of the Series. 2001-02: Makes his Ranji Trophy debut, playing for Hyderabad November, 2002: Scores a double-century and a century in a single match against Andhra as a 17-year-old. Has a fruitful season, scoring 698 runs in the Ranji Trophy. July, 2003: Plays for India A in tour of England. September, 2003: Plays in the Challenger Trophy. October, 2003: Is chosen to lead the U-19 India squad for a four-nation tournament. February, 2004: Leads the Indian team in the U-19 World Cup in Bangladesh. India’s campaign ends in semis. August, 2004: Is selected for India A tour of Kenya January, 2005: Is made captain of the U-19 team against the visiting English team. 2005-06: Switches to Andhra due to differences with Hyderabad coach. August, 2007: Signs up to play for the unsanctioned Indian Cricket League. 2006-07: Re-joins Hyderabad. June, 2009: BCCI grants amnesty to players who played in the ICL. February, 2010: Mumbai Indians recruits Rayudu. He scored 356 runs in his first season. September, 2010: Signs up to play domestic cricket for Baroda. The step is not welcomed by Hyderabad coach Venkatapathy Raju. He scores 566 runs from nine matches in the 2010-11 season. July, 2012: Named in probables for World Twenty20. Not selected in the final squad. August, 2012: Named in India A squad for New Zealand tour. December, 2012: Named in India squad for T20s against England. July, 2013: Named as M. S. Dhoni’s replacement in ODI tri-series against Sri Lanka and West Indies. That same month, makes his international debut in an ODI against Zimbabwe. Scores a half-century. Rayudu made his T20 debut against England in 2014. - getty images September, 2014: Makes his Twenty20 debut, in Birmingham against England. November, 2014: Scores his maiden century, against Sri Lanka. August, 2015: Named India A captain for unofficial Tests against South Africa A. July, 2016: Signs up to play domestic cricket for Vidarbha. June, 2017: Joins Hyderabad again, returning after 11 years away. January, 2018: Bought by Chennai Super Kings in the IPL auction. The same month, gets banned for two matches for arguing with umpires during a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 contest. June, 2018: Fails fitness test for the ODI series against England. October, 2018: Scores what turns out to be his final ODI century, November, 2018: Retires from first-class cricket to focus on limited-overs cricket. January, 2019: Reported for suspect bowling action. April, 2019: Overlooked for World Cup. Tweets he will watch the event via 3-D glasses, a reference to M. S. K. Prasad’s description of Vijay Shankar, who was chosen ahead of him. He is named stand-by for the World Cup. July, 2019: Announces retirement from all cricket.