suresh raina Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
suresh raina is a cricketer(sportsman) from India. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Suresh Kumar Raina
Born
November 27, 1986, Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Age
36 years old
Also Known As
Sanu
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Playing Role
Middle order Batter
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 18 | 226 | 78 | 205 |
Inn | 31 | 194 | 66 | 200 |
Runs | 768 | 5615 | 1604 | 5528 |
Avg | 26.48 | 35.31 | 29.16 | 32.52 |
SR | 53.15 | 93.51 | 134.79 | 136.73 |
HS | 120 | 116 | 101 | 100 |
NO | 2 | 35 | 11 | 30 |
100s | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
50s | 7 | 36 | 5 | 39 |
4s | 100 | 476 | 145 | 506 |
6s | 4 | 120 | 58 | 203 |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 18 | 226 | 78 | 205 |
Inn | 22 | 101 | 27 | 69 |
Balls | 1041 | 2126 | 349 | 908 |
Runs | 603 | 1811 | 442 | 1118 |
Wkt | 13 | 36 | 13 | 25 |
BBI | 1 / 2 | 34 / 3 | 6 / 2 | 0 / 2 |
BBM | 1 / 2 | 34 / 3 | 6 / 2 | 0 / 2 |
Eco | 3.48 | 5.11 | 7.6 | 7.39 |
Avg | 46.38 | 50.31 | 34.0 | 44.72 |
5W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teams he has played for:
- India
- B-Love Kandy
- California Knights
- Central Zone
- Chennai Super Kings
- Gujarat Lions
- India A
- India Blue
- India Green
- India Maharajas
- India Red
- India Seniors
- India Under-19s
- Indian Board President's XI
- Rajasthan Cricket Association President's XI
- Rest of India
- Uttar Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh Under-16s
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Raina was picked by the Chennai franchise for a fairly decent price and he put on a stellar show during the first season of the IPL - the result of which was a comeback to the national side soon after. Thereafter, Raina cemented his spot as a capable finisher for the side, often chipping in with priceless cameos apart from getting the sizable knocks whenever the opportunities came by. With India having a heavy top and middle order, Raina's role mostly was to provide the final flourish to the innings. The numbers don't exactly reveal how valuable he was during the 2008-2011 phase which was easily among the finest stages of Team India's ODI history, capped with World Cup glory as well.
A big example of Raina's big match temperament was the way he chipped in during the 2011 quarterfinal against Australia and then the semifinal against Pakistan. Both were cameos statistically but were worth its weight in gold. There were several such instances of him taking India across the line in pressure situations. The lofted inside out drive and an agricultural hoick over mid-wicket are the trademark Suresh Raina shots which he doles out with elan when in prime form. While he relished white-ball cricket, he couldn't replicate it in the longest version of the game. Although his Test career started with a fine century against Sri Lanka, his form fizzed away thereafter due to his imminent struggles against pace and swing.
Raina was the first Indian player to hold a century in all three formats of the game and although red-ball cricket wasn't his cup of tea, his contributions in the other formats were valuable to Indian cricket. There has always been immense criticism about his short ball phobia although in limited-overs cricket, that cannot really be a derailing flaw for a batsman with the modern day rules and regulations. His ODI century in England during the 2014 tour promised a revival regarding that aspect of his game but after the 2015 World Cup, he endured a couple of poor series which led to his axing from the side.
Time away from the Indian team wasn't good for Raina as he wasn't quite able to make the runs in domestic cricket. He still played T20Is although he found himself strangely dropped from there as well, ironically after a Man of the Match performance against England in early 2017. The criteria probably was the lack of First-class games in the 2016-17 season where personal issues affected his career a touch while fitness (read physique) dipped as well. To add to his misery, several contenders like Kedar Jadhav, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul had all thrown their hats in the ring. Raina had the odds against him although his age and utility skills meant that he was never really out of the reckoning in the shorter formats.
After a really lean patch, Raina shone in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, India's domestic T20 tournament, in early 2018 and earned himself a recall to the Indian side for the T20 series in South Africa. He did decently well in South Africa, which pressed the selectors persisted with him for the Nidahas Trophy and the England tour. However, he was not picked for the national side after that due to not-so-great fitness levels and others grabbing opportunities. This meant he was out of the reckoning for the 2019 World Cup as well.
IPL through the years:
Raina was the backbone of Chennai Super Kings' success. His dashing left-hand style of play at No. 3 gave CSK the luxury to attack at will with a lot of firepower left down the order. The fact that he is currently the highest run-getter in the history of IPL (4985 runs before start of IPL 12) explains the magnanimity of Raina's contribution to the side and he is aptly nicknamed \"Chinna Thala\" by the CSK fans. The lofted straight drive (or hitting in the V) is a shot fans savour to watch as he audaciously plays without fear in a tournament like IPL. He recorded his highest-score in IPL - 100 not out against Kings XI Punjab in 2013 in Chennai, but his blitzkrieg (87 runs off just 25 balls) against KXIP in Qualifier 2 in 2015 standouts amongst all of his IPL performances.
Raina also bowls very useful right-arm off spin and was often used by Dhoni when he had to look for breakthroughs or try something different. However, he has not been bowling of late with many other options being available for the captain. When CSK faced a two-year exile after the 2015 season, Raina captained the temporary franchise Gujarat Lions as well. When CSK returned from the hiatus, he was one of the three players retained by the franchise . He has been one of the greats in IPL history, referred fondly as 'Mr.IPL' due to his dominance in the tournament, where he has scored in excess of 400 runs every year, barring two seasons.
By Hariprasad Sadanandan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Suresh Raina represented the new-age Indian cricketer: An attacking left-hander who went for the big shots with impunity and cleared the field with a flourish when at the top of his game, he was also an electric fielder in the circle. All of this, though, was tempered with an iffy technique against the short ball, which was exploited mercilessly in Test cricket and meant Raina's Test career never reached the heights his limited-overs career did, despite starting promisingly.
Raina was prodigious at the under-19 level, his run-scoring and a string of double-hundreds taking him to the Indian junior team and beyond it, to India colours. It took Raina five years to cement his place as an India regular, moving from being a limited-overs specialist who played 98 ODIs to one who became the 12th Indian to make a Test century on debut.
Raina made his Test debut in Sri Lanka as a replacement for injured team-mate Yuvraj Singh, who, like Raina, was a left-hander, a dasher, and in the early 2000s, India's most athletic fielder. For a while it seemed Raina might have earned a long-term Test spot, but in England in 2011 his lack of skill against pace, seam and swing again opened up debates about his ability to be a consistent Test player for India.
In the shorter versions, though, there're no doubts about his talent. The ability to split the field and discover gaps where fielders could not be placed earned him high praise when he first burst through to play for India in December 2006. The early years weren't so prolific, which led to his omission from the 2007 World Cup. He forced his way back with a mountain of runs in domestic cricket, and from June 2008 was prolific in ODIs too, enhancing his stature as one of India's responsible gen-next batsmen.
Raina's tenacity at the worst of times was typical of someone who had spent his teenage years living away from home in the demanding culture of the Uttar Pradesh sports hostel, where a lack of facilities or grooming produces cricketers who must match talent with determination.
Also helping his cause were three supremely successful seasons for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL and in the Champions League. He was one of the four players retained by the franchise for the 2011 season, and then again ahead of the 2014 season. When CSK were suspended for two years, Raina led Gujarat Lions.
Raina was firmly associated with Chennai Super Kings, though, and with his captain MS Dhoni; their close relationship even earned him the nickname 'Chinna Thala' (junior leader) to Dhoni's 'Thala'. Those ties went a step farther when, on August 15, 2020, Raina announced his retirement from international cricket on Instagram and referenced Dhoni - who, minutes earlier, had posted news of his international retirement on the same platform.
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