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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The middle-order batsman now sits at sixth position amongst all-time leading scorers in T20s with Chris Gayle leading the charts with 12,298 runs.
Uttar Pradesh captain Raina guided his team to victory in 18.3 overs after openers Upendra Yadav 25 and Samarth Singh 36 provided a steady start.
With his agility and grit to stop the ball from reaching the boundary, Rhodes raised the standards high for the rest of the players in world cricket.
Suresh Raina said MS Dhoni is well equipped to bat with the tail-enders but if he is sent at number four, he can finish the games with batsmen at number five and six.
Suresh Raina celebrated his 32nd birthday on Tuesday and the Indian cricket fraternity wished him on this special occassion.
The 37-year old has broken the record for the most number of catches by a non-wicketkeeper fielder in T20Is.
It was a scoreboard error at the Feroz Shah Kotla that convinced Rahane to celebrate his century.
Raina, for the record, is on the list of Indians who have hit a ton on debut having scored 120 against Sri Lanka in Colombo in 2010.
The BCCI recently released a video on its website where they interviewed Jeff Goodwin - Team India's bus driver.
England defeated India by 86 runs to level three-match ODI series 1-1 at Lord's, London, on Saturday.
Former India opener Virender Sehwag said the performance of the spinners - Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal - will be key to India's chances.
India have been a dominant force in the shortest format of the game and T20 specialists, MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina have set a unique record in the Indian cricket history books.
It was obvious from the nature of the shots being practised by the Indians that they are gearing hard for the T20Is as a number of aerial shots were being played.
One thing the Irish should keep in mind before they take on the No.3 ranked T20I team, is that the players are still in red-hot form from the recently concluded IPL 2018.
Raina, who last played a One Day International match for India back in 2015 against South Africa, is set to don the blue colours once again.
A large number of fans were waiting at the city airport to welcome the team members and went into raptures when the players emerged.
Chennai Super Kings, gunning for their third IPL crown, will take on 2016 winners Sunrisers Hyderabad five days after their first playoff game at the same neutral venue.
Pacer Lungi Ngidi conceded only 10 runs and took four wickets before Suresh Raina hit a measured 61 as Chennai Super Kings eliminated Kings XI Punjab from the IPL with a five-wicket win, a result which sealed Rajasthan Royals' place in the playoffs in Pune.
Suresh Raina, who has scored 233 runs in 11 matches with a highest knock of 75 (not out) this season, believes old warhorses such as Harbhajan Singh and Shane Watson have been vital for CSK.
CSK captain and Raina's close friend Mahendra Singh Dhoni along with his wife Sakshi and daughter Ziva attended the party.
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