Rayudu will replace South Africa allrounder Tristan Stubbs, who is no longer available for CPL 2023, at Patriots. He link up with former Tamil Nadu allrounder Malolan Rangarajan, who has replaced Simon Helmot as Patriots’ head coach. Malolan has also been part of Royal Challengers Bangalore men and women’s support staff in the IPL and WPL. In the past, Robin Singh and Abhishek Nayar had coached CPL franchises.