His journey in team India was on and off till Ganguly was the skipper. Sometimes Mohammed Kaif replaced him and sometimes he was called as replacement for injured Sehwag.
In the very first ODI, Raina was bowled by Spin legend Muttiah Murlitharan. In his debut series he was able to score meagre 37 runs with a poor average of 12.33, So he got ousted from the team.