Suresh Raina, an Indian cricket, who is a left-handed batsman and a part-time off-break bowler. He was one of the best fielders and the first of the three batsmen to ever score a century in all three formats of international cricket. Here is Raina’s IPL success journey.
- Raina was bagged by Chennai Super Kings for 2.6 crores in the first IPL season. He played important knock and was a noticeable cricketer of CSK, in the absence of big players like Mathew Hayden, Michael Hussey, and Jacob Oram.
- During the two-year exile of CSK after 2015 IPL, Raina captained the temporary franchise Gujarat Lions.
- He was one of the retained players by the CSK franchise after its comeback.
- Raina is fondly referred to as ‘Ms. IPL’ for his dominance in the tournament where he scored in excess of 400 runs every year, except two seasons.
- He recorded his highest score in IPL in a match against Kings XI Punjab in 2013, where he hit a century and was not out.
- His blitzkrieg against Kings XI Punjab in 2015, where he scored 87 runs of 25 balls, is one of his standouts amongst all his IPL performances.
- Raina is a top-order batsman and the second-highest run-scorer with 5368 runs in 189 IPL innings. He is just 44 runs behind Virat Kohli, who has scored 5412 runs in 169 innings.
Suresh Raina is a leading IPL batsman and his 2020 game innings might break Virat’s record and make a record of scoring fastest 6000 runs.
