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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Raina also said that the role of men have changed over the years, and they are no longer just the wage earners for their homes.
The MI skipper becomes the second-most experienced player in IPL behind MS Dhoni as he came to bat against Rajasthan Royals on Tuesday.
With 193 appearances each, Rohit and Raina stand second on the list behind Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni, who later on Sunday evening will make his 195th appearance in IPL.
The wishes from the CSK batsman came after MS Dhoni surpassed Suresh Raina to become most-capped player in tournament's history with 194 appearances.
With his 194th IPL appearance on Friday, MS Dhoni has surpassed Suresh Raina to become the most capped player in the tournament's history.
Dhoni also needs two more sixes to become the 20th batsman in T20 cricket to hit 300 sixes in the format. Overall, he will be the third Indian after Rohit Sharma (371 sixes) and Raina (311 sixes).
Raina has been one of the key players for CSK ever since the tournament's inaugural edition, and his absence is clearly felt in the batting order.
The CSK fans on Friday called for Suresh Raina to return to the squad as the side's batting woes continued in the match against Delhi Capitals.
Shikhar Dhawan was dismissed on a duck and missed the chance to equal Suresh Raina's record during the match against KXIP.
As CSK are all set to face Mumbai Indians in season opener tonight, former pacer wonders how to replace a valuable player like Raina
Raina will not be part of the entire 13th edition of the tournament as he had opted out citing "personal reasons".
Raina said that he is eager to promote sports amongst the youth and would like to guide talented youngsters from various parts of the state.
Earlier in the day, Punjab Police said that they solved the case of attack on Raina's relatives and that the arrested members were of an inter-state gage of robbers.
Jones feels the team needs a like for like replacement for left-handed Raina.
The Punjab government informed on Wednesday that three members of an inter-state robber-criminal gang have been arrested, in relation to the attack and murder case involving Suresh Raina's kin.
Former South African all rounder calls Raina a run machine while praising skipper MS Dhoni as the cornerstone of CSK success.
Gambhir feels that the combination of the New Zealand left-arm pace alongside Jasprit Bumrah will pose a huge challenge for CSK who will be without Suresh Raina this season.
Weeks before the start of the 13th edition of the league, Raina pulled out abruptly citing personal reasons, his decision coming in the wake of the 13 positive cases of COVID-19 in the CSK unit
CSK CEO Viswanathan also added that CSK were not looking at overseas recruits to fill up those spots. The franchise already has eight overseas slots filled.
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