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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Chopra said that Raina still had time to make a case for himself ahead of the T20 World cup next year and appealed to the former India batsman "to do a Shahid Afirdi" and reverse the decision.
Rayudu was India's first choice for the role having given a lengthy run but the selectors picked Vijay Shankar as the No.4 batsmen for the World Cup tournament.
Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput had died by suicide on June 14 at his Mumbai residence.
CSK had the six-day long conditioning camp between August 15 and 20 in Chennai. Senior off-spinner Harbhajan Singh did not depart for Dubai with the rest of the squad due to personal reasons.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi penned a letter of appreciation for Suresh Raina after the cricketer announced his international retirement on August 15.
Dhoni and Raina are fondly called 'Thala' and 'Chinna Thala' respectively by the CSK fans.
Dravid talked about Raina's impact on Indian cricket in the white-ball format while opining that his numbers would have been better had he batted higher up in the batting order
Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri took to his official social media profile to pay tribute to MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina.
Suresh Raina has revealed that he and MS Dhoni "hugged and cried" after announcing their retirement from international cricket.
Raina announced his international retirement from the sport on Saturday minutes after his former teammate and Indian captain MS Dhoni did the same
One of India's most prolific white-ball players in the last decade and a half, Raina said cricket runs through his veins.
Soon after Dhoni's announcement on Saturday, Raina too retired from international duty after being out of the side for quite some time.
MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina are affectionately called 'Jai and Veeru' from the 'Sholay' fame, not just because of their partnership on the field, but also for the strong friendship the two have developed off the field.
Suresh Raina is amongst the few who made centuries across formats, having played 18 Tests, 226 ODIs and 78 T20 Internationals while scoring 768, 5615 and 1605 runs respectively.
MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina announced their international retirements within merely a hour of each other, sending Twitter into a meltdown.
Former India captain Mahindra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raini, two great Indian cricketers and 'jewels' of the Team India, on Saturday, announced retirement from international cricket. The first one to 'call it time' was MS Dhoni who took to his Instagram, announcing retirement in an heartwarming video.
After Mahendra Singh Dhoni, veteran Indian cricketer Suresh Raina announced his retirement from international cricket.
CSK captain MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Deepak Chahar were among the members of the franchise who took off to Chennai for the six-day training camp ahead of IPL 2020.
Raina is now gearing up for IPL 2020 which will begin in the UAE from September 19 onwards.
Raina took to social media to share a photograph with Chennai Super Kings' teammates Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Murali Vijay.
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