Yuvraj Singh's father calls MS Dhoni filthy, asks Rayudu to take return

New Delhi : Yograj Singh, father of 2011 World Cup hero Yuvraj, tagged former Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni as filthy player, urging Ambati Rayudu to come out of retirement and prove a point.

Team India's middle order batsman Ambati Rayudu had announced his retirement from all formats of the cricket last week.

Rayudu was not included in the 15-member squad for the ongoing World Cup. Despite being in the list of reserve players he was not called in the playing XI after Shikhar Dhawan and Vijay Shankar suffered injuries and Rishabh Pant and Mayank Agarwal were, instead, named as their replacements.

Soon after he was ruled out from the playing XI of team India, Iceland Cricket in a bizarre tweet on Tuesday, offered the 33-year-old permanent residency in their country so that he could play for them.

After his initial World Cup snub, Rayudu had expressed his displeasure and also questioned the selectors' decision to pick Shankar over him with a tweet that mocked a statement by head selector M.S.K. Prasad who had said that "Vijay Shankar gives three dimensions" to the team.

"Rayudu should've continued playing, more and more. He should've played Ranji Trophy, Irani Trophy, Duleep Trophy, scoring 100s, 200s, 300s with not outs. He still has a lot of cricket left in him," Yograj was quoted as saying by NNIS Sports.

"Rayudu, my son you took the decision in haste. Come out of retirement and show them what you are capable of," the 61-year- old, who has played one Test and six ODIs for India, said.