Known as India's finest T20 specialist, Suresh Raina has burst into the international scene as a teenage prodigy during the Greg Chappell era. His power, class and elegance were a hallmark of the Uttar Pradesh batsman's status in the international scene since his ODI debut in 2005. Raina's form dipped over the years and since then his call-up to the national team has been more of a switch. The batsman has been chipping in with his play whenever the opportunity was provided has his role became more of a guy who helps the team project a score. Raina's form dropped after the UP batsman was unable to clear the yo-yo test which left him quite disappointed but made him prove a point failure. After clearing the test, Raina burst back into the scene for India's tour of South Africa in 2018 and since then the Indian fans have been witnessing classic Raina back to his beast form.
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Team India, led by Rohit Sharma, is all set to start its home season on September 19 with the first Test of the two-match series against Bangladesh. India will play 10 Tests till January 2025 facing New Zealand and Australia as well in a big to make the WTC final for the third consecutive edition.
Suresh Raina picked the possible successor of Rohit Sharma as captain in the Test format. Rohit has already retired from T20Is and the time will come when he will bid adieu to the other formats. During an interaction with India TV, Raina predicted who could take the reins from Rohit in Tests.
MS Dhoni had stepped down as captain of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the beginning of IPL 2024 paving the way for Ruturaj Gaikwad to lead the five-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champions.
Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina are being criticised for allegedly mocking 'disabled' people in their 'Tauba Tauba' video posted on Instagram after winning the World Championship of Legends. Police complaint has also been filed against them.
Virat Kohli in an interaction ahead of the marquee RCB vs CSK clash was asked about the encounter, the T20 World Cup, his bowling, impact player and his team's turnaround in IPL 2024. The most hilarious reaction from him came on the bowling aspect when fans asked him to bowl at Wankhede Stadium.
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Former Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma finally played a long innings after those 30s and 40s as he broke a few records during his 105-run knock against the Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2024. Chennai Super Kings won the game eventually by 20 runs as Mumbai Indians lost the steam at the end.
The final of the inaugural season of Indian Veterans Premier League (IVPL) was played between Mumbai Champions and VVIP Uttar Pradesh in Greater Noida. Pawan Negi smashed a sensational ton in the final as UP chased down 215 runs to win the title.
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India overcame several challenges in the ongoing Test series against England to seal the contest with one match to go. The likes of Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah have been unavailable for entire or part of the series and the youngsters have stepped up.
Shivam Dube earned the Player of the Match award for his all-round brilliance in the IND vs AFG 1st T20I at the PCA IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali. Dube scored an unbeaten 60 after impressing with the ball in the first innings. Notably, Raina praised Dube for his bowling.
The youngsters, who have gotten chances for India so far in T20Is for the last 6-8 months, have impressed one and all. The likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jitesh Sharma and Rinku Singh have taken the chances with both hands, however, as per Suresh Raina, an experienced player could be India's X-factor.
"If you look at the World Cup venues, the wicket will be a bit tricky. India will need the experience of Rohit and Kohli there. Kohli is about to make 12000 runs in T20 cricket. So, their presence will boost India's batting and will certainly better India," Raina said.
After 15 league stage matches, Manipal Tigers and Urbanrisers Hyderabad have made it to the top two positions of points table. Also, the matches of this edition are set to take place in Surat for the first time and all eyes will be on the behaviour of the surface
Scoring a century across all three formats isn't an easy task especially in an era where the players are being selected for specific formats. However, as many as six Indian players have achieved this special feat.
Suresh Raina's name is part of the LPL Auction 2023 that is set to happen on June 14. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has also announced the details of where to watch Lanka Premier League Auction 2023.
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