Ambati Thirupathi Rayudu (born 23 September 1985) is an Indian professional cricketer and current captain of the Andhra team in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy championship.

In December 2012, the newly formed selection panel, chaired by Sandeep Patil who was also previously associated with the ICL, picked Rayudu as the replacement player for the injured Manoj Tiwary for the T20I series against England

He made his international debut in the first ODI of the series, on 24 July 2013, and was crucial in setting up an Indian win. He made 63* and in partnership with his captain, Virat Kohli, who made a century, helped India win. He became the 12th Indian batsman to score a half-century on ODI debut.[46]

Rayudu continued to be a part of India's ODI squads as a reserve batsman in the home series against Australia in October 2013, against West Indies in November 2013, as well as on tours to South Africa in December 2013 and New Zealand in January 2014, making only two appearances in the playing eleven across the four series

In the 2022 IPL Rayudu was bought by the Chennai Super Kings for ₹6.75 crores. [

Rayudu married Chennupalli Vidya, a college friend, on 14 February 2009.[58] They were blessed with a baby girl on 12 July 2020

During the 2012 IPL, Rayudu was fined 100% of his match fee for using obscene and abusive language against opposition player Harshal Patel after a match

In April 2019, Rayudu tweeted "Just Ordered a new set of 3d glasses to watch the world cup" after the selectors dropped him from the World Cup squad in favour of Vijay Shankar, whom the chairman of selection committee had called a "three dimensional" cricketer