Suresh Raina
Suresh Raina (
pronunciation (help·info); born 27 November 1986) is an Indian cricketer. He is an attacking left-handed middle-order batsman and an occasional off-spin bowler. He plays for Uttar Pradesh in all forms of domestic cricket and is the vice-captain of Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. He has also captained the Indian cricket team and is the second youngest player to captain India. He is the only Indian to score a century in all three formats of international cricket.
pronunciation (help·info); born 27 November 1986) is an Indian cricketer. He is an attacking left-handed middle-order batsman and an occasional off-spin bowler. He plays for Uttar Pradesh in all forms of domestic cricket and is the vice-captain of Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. He has also captained the Indian cricket team and is the second youngest player to captain India. He is the only Indian to score a century in all three formats of international cricket.
Raina made his ODI debut in 2005 against Sri Lanka at the age of 18. However, his Test debut came only five years later, in 2010, against the same opposition. He scored a hundred on his Test debut (120).He was a part of India's World Cup winning team of 2011.
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| Born | 27 November 1986 Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Sonu[citation needed] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8[1] in (1.73 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Allrounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut(cap 265) | 26 July 2010 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 10 January 2015 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut(cap 159) | 30 July 2005 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 26 March 2015 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut(cap 8) | 1 December 2006 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 7 September 2014 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2002/03–present | Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–present | Chennai Super Kings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early and personal life[edit]
Suresh's father Trilok Chand is a retired military officer and mother Parvesh Raina.[2] He comes from a Kashmiri Pandit family.[3] The Raina family moved in the 1980s from the Rainawari area of Srinagar, Kashmir, to Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.[4] He lives in Rajnagar, a town in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. He has 3 older brothers Dinesh Raina, Naresh Raina and Mukesh Raina and 1 elder sister Renu.[2][5][6]An article by Suresh Raina was featured in the 2012 book Rahul Dravid: Timeless Steel.Suresh Raina is going to get married with Priyanka Chaudhary[7] on April 3rd 2015.[8][9]
Career[edit]
Raina decided to play cricket in 2000, and moved from his city Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh (near New Delhi) to Lucknow, to attend the specialist government Sports College.[2] He rose to become the captain of the Uttar Pradesh U-16s and came to prominence amongst Indian selectors in 2002, when he was selected at the age of 15 and a half years for the U-19 tour to England, where he made a pair of half-centuries in the U-19 Test matches.[10] He toured Sri Lanka later that year with the U-17 team. He made his Ranji Trophy debut for Uttar Pradesh against Assam in February 2003 at the age of 16, but did not play another match until the following season. In late 2003, he toured Pakistan for the U-19 Asian ODI Championship before being selected for the 2004 U-19 World Cup, where he scored three half centuries, including a 90 scored off only 38 balls. He was then awarded a Border-Gavaskar scholarship to train at the Australian Cricket Academy and in early 2005, he made his first-class limited overs debut, and scored 645 runs that season at an average of 53.75.[11] He was selected to participate in the Challenger Series in early 2005,[12] and after injury to Sachin Tendulkar and suspension to captain Sourav Ganguly, Raina was selected for theIndian Oil Cup 2005 in Sri Lanka.[13]
2010 South Africa tour of India[edit]
In South Africa's tour to India in 2010, Raina was called in the squad for the second test, but was not selected in the playing XI. He captained the Indian team for the Tri-series against Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe as all the other first-choice players were rested from the tournament. India lost the first match under his captaincy against Zimbabwe by six wickets, but won the next match against Sri Lanka. Suresh Raina also captained the Indian Cricket team for the T-20 series against Zimbabwe in June 2010 and India won the 2 match series 2-0.He was the leading run scorer in this series. Virat Kohli and R Ashwin made their T-20 debuts in Raina's captaincy.He is one of the stylish batsman in India.
2010 tour of Sri Lanka[edit]
Raina was then brought into the Test squad for the tour of Sri Lanka in July and August 2010. He made his debut in the Second Test after Yuvraj Singh was ill. Sri Lanka made 4/642 declared and India were in trouble at 4/241 when Raina came in to join Sachin Tendulkar. Raina went on to reach a century on debut as the pair put on a double century partnership. Yuvraj recovered in time for the Third Test but the selectors opted to retain Raina. However, due to poor form throughout 2010 (apart from a half century against Australia at Mohali) and a failure to make any impact on the Centurion Test which South Africa won by an innings, he was dropped in favour of rookie Cheteshwar Pujara for the remainder of the series, in which India battled back to a 1–1 draw.
2011 Cricket World Cup[edit]
He was on the bench through the first half of the 2011 Cricket World Cup as captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni instead went with the in-form Yusuf Pathan. This remained so until the group game against West Indies, which Raina played in place of an injured Virender Sehwag. Against defending champions Australia in the quarter-final, Dhoni made a strategic change, omitting Yusuf Pathan in favour of Raina. Raina responded by assisting Yuvraj Singh in a successful run chase through high pressure, making 34 from 28 balls to carry India to victory. In the semi-final against Pakistan, he batted with tailenders to score an unbeaten 36, a significant contribution to India's final tally of 260. He also took Younis Khan's catch off of Yuvraj's bowling. Suresh Raina played some crucial knocks in quarter-final and semi-final of the World Cup, which helped India to win the 2011 ICC Cricket worldcup. Gary Kirsten, the then coach of India, said 'Raina won the World Cup for us with some crucial knocks'. [14]
Captaincy and 2011 West Indies tour[edit]
India toured West Indies after the World Cup with captain MS Dhoni rested and vice captain Virender Sehwag injured. Gautam Gambhir was named captain for the One dayers and T20's with Raina as his deputy. But due to injury Gambhir was ruled out with Raina captaining with Harbhajan as his deputy. India won the series, but Raina averaged just 16.4. In the Test matches he scored 232 runs at the average of 46.4 scoring crucial fifties in each Test. His captaincy was highly appreciated by former west-Indian legends.
2011 tour of England[edit]
He was selected for the England tour in July. There was a lot of debate on who should play the first Test at Lord's, Yuvraj or Raina. But a century in a practice match against Somerset sealed a place for him in the playing eleven. Apart from a half-century in the first Test at Lord's, Raina managed just 27 runs from seven innings. He struggled against short bowling and in the final Test was out for a 29-ball duck, the longest in India's Test history.[15][16]
Raina running through a poor form in the Test series especially in the last match made some impact in the 5 match-ODI series though the team was unable to secure a win at all. He top-scored in a rain-affected game at theLord's scoring a commendable 84 from 75 balls.
2012 Tour of Sri Lanka[edit]
- In the first ODI, Raina played an attacking 45 ball, 50-run knock to help India reach 314. They eventually won the match by 21 runs on 21 July 2012.
- In the second ODI he was out for 1 but he came back stronger in the third ODI where he played a blistering 45 ball 65 to hand India a five wicket win and he eventually also won the man of the match award for his performance. Gambhir too scored a century in that match.[17]
- He continued his good form in the 4th ODI as he score his 3rd half-century of the series and helped India beat Sri Lanka by 6 wicktes by scoring 58*.
- He was out for a duck in the last ODI.
- After the Tour of Sri Lanka, When England team came to India, he was dropped and gave away his spot to Yuvraj Singh, Who made a come back after suffering from Cancer.[18]
2012-13 England tour of India[edit]
Raina registered strong performances in this series, which India won 3-2. He scored 277 runs at an average of 92.33 with four consecutive half centuries but only two of them in a winning cause. He became 13th Indian batsman to cross 4000 international runs, in his 159th ODI and got his first Man of the Series award in this format. At the end of the series, he broke into the ICC top 10 ranked batsmen for the first time in his career.
2014-15 tour of Australia[edit]
Suresh has been included into India's test squad after almost two years. Raina was selected in the final Test match at Sydney, under the captaincy of Virat Kohli. Later on, he announced his return to form in the Tri-Series with a flamboyant 51 against Australia.
Performance at 2015 World Cup[edit]
| Runs | Balls faced | 4s | 6s | Opposition | Ground |
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| 74 | 56 | 5 | 3 |  Pakistan | Adelaide |
| 5 | 1 | 0 |  South Africa | Melbourne | |
| Did Not Bat |  United Arab Emirates | Perth | |||
| 22 | 25 | 2 | 0 |  West Indies | Perth |
| Did Not Bat |  Ireland | Hamilton | |||
| 110 | 104 | 9 | 4 |  Zimbabwe | Auckland |
Captaincy[edit]
in 2011 India toured West Indies after the World Cup with captain MS Dhoni rested and vice captain Virender Sehwag injured. Gautam Gambhir was named captain for the One dayers and T20's with Raina as his deputy. But due to injury Gautam Gambhir was ruled out with Raina captaining with Harbhajan Singh as his deputy. India won the series, and his captaincy was highly appreciated by former west-Indian legends. He was again declared captain of the young Indian cricket team during 2014 Bangladesh series in 2014 while all the regular players of Indian cricket were rested. He led his team for 2-0 victory in the series. His personal performance was also splendid in the low scoring series as he captained the side very aggressively throughout the series. He was praised all over the world for his captaincy skills which he displayed during the 2nd ODI of this series. India was allout scoring 104 runs while batting first and Suresh Raina and his young team defended 104 runs and won the match by 54 runs. His captaincy was the deciding factor of this match along with Stuart Binny's bowling performance.
Indian Premier League[edit]
Raina was signed by the Chennai Super Kings for US$5 million for the first three years of the tournament. Raina made significant contributions in the first edition of the tournament to compensate the Chennai Super Kings over the losses of key players in Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey and Jacob Oram. He played a vital Man of the Match performance in the last league fixture to give Chennai Super Kings the win they required to qualify for the semi-finals. Ultimately the Super Kings finished Again in 2010 IPL, Raina's consistent batting throughout the series won him applause and became the all-time run-getter of the league surpassing Australian legend Adam Gilchrist halfway down the tournament. He also captained the Super Kings for three matches in skipper Dhoni's absence and took some sensational catches in the field. He scored 520 runs in all, making him the third highest-run getter of the series and the first for Chennai. He also was awarded "best fielder" by the BCCI ahead of the finals.[20] He played a vital half-century which turned the final to Chennai's tide who ultimately went on to become the champions beating the Mumbai Indians.
At the end of the season, Raina set the record for most runs scored in the tournament, with 421, 434, and 520 and also taking the most no. of catches, two records that are still unbroken.[21] Raina also hit the second maximum no. of sixes behind Adam Gilchrist in the three editions of the league. He was retained by the Super Kings for the 2011 Indian Premier League along with Murali Vijay, Albie Morkel and skipper MS Dhoni.
In the 2011 IPL too, Raina maintained his reputation as the leading run-scorer with 438 runs, again being the only player to cross 400 do so for all the four seasons. His most crucial knock came against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Qualifier where he played a stunning innings to get the game back to Chennai's favor.
Despite struggling to find form in the initial stages of the 2012 IPL, Raina found form in the latter stages and finished the tournament as Chennai's leading run scorer, scoring 441 runs and on the course became the only player to score 400 runs in every IPL. He scored a blistering 73 in the final against Kolkata Knight Riders and added 116 with Mike Hussey, who scored a magnificent 86, to help his team put a big total on board. He became the first player in the history of IPL to cross the mark of 2000 IPL runs.
In 2013 IPL Raina scored 548 runs at a healthy average of 42.15 and strike rate of 150.13. At the start of the season he was struggling with his form but in the later half he regained his form. He scored his maiden hundred in IPL against Kings XI Punjab. Raina scored an astonishing 99 not out off 52 deliveries against Sunrisers Hyderabad and helped Chennai Super Kings to score a mammoth 223 runs. This was Chennai Super Kings 3rd highest total. In the 1st Qualifier against MI he along with Hussey pounded MI bowlers to reach a score of 193 for 1. He is recognized as an outstanding player for Chennai Super Kings through his performance. He has yet to miss a match for his team Chennai Super Kings and is the only player to do so.[22]
In Champions League Twenty20 final he playes a crucial knock scoring 109* off just 62 balls and made Chennai Super Kings win 2nd CLT20 title.
Season by season at IPL[edit]
| IPL Batting Statistics of Suresh Raina | ||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Inns | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
| 2008 | Chennai Super Kings[23][24][25][26][27] | 14 | 421 | 55* | 38.27 | 142.22 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 18 |
| 2009 | 14 | 434 | 98 | 31.00 | 140.9 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 21 | |
| 2010 | 16 | 520 | 83* | 47.27 | 142.85 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 22 | |
| 2011 | 16 | 438 | 73* | 31.28 | 134.76 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 17 | |
| 2012 | 18 | 441 | 77 | 25.94 | 135.69 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 19 | |
| 2013 | 18 | 548 | 100* | 42.15 | 150.13 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 18 | |
| 2014 | 16 | 523 | 87 | 40.23 | 146.09 | 1 | 5 | 51 | 19 | |
| <~2008–2014 Total~> | 112 | 3325 | 100* | 35.14 | 141.06 | 2 | 23 | 290 | 134 | |
On 30 May 2014 he made 87 runs out of 25 balls against Kings XI Punjab. He missed out the fastest century of the cricketing history by just 13 runs due to a run out.
Achievements[edit]
- He is the only batsman from India to score century in all formats of cricket.
- He was the second youngest captain of the Indian Cricket team at the early age of 23 and the twelfth youngest player to captain aside the world cricket team.
- He was the twelfth Indian player to score test century on debut.
- He till date is the Only Player to score 3000 runs in the IPL.
- He holds the record of most no.of catches 52 in the IPL.
- He was the second world and first Indian player to hit 100 sixes in the IPL.
- He is the first and only player to have scored over 400 runs in every IPL season.
- He is first and only Indian player to have scored century in IPL,CTL20 and T20I.
- He is So far the Only Indian to Score the Centuries in both T20 World Cup and 50-50 Overs World Cup.
- He was the third batsman in the world to hit a T20I century.
- He had a highest strike rate in the IPL history.
- He was the highest run scorer in the CLT20 on Oct 4,2014.
- He was the 12th Indian player to play 200 ODI's
- He was the 11th Indian to score 5000 runs or more
- He has never missed a single match for his team CHENNAI SUPER KINGS.
International Centuries[edit]
Test Centuries[edit]
| Suresh Raina's Test centuries | ||||||||
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| # | Runs | Match | Against | City/Country | Venue | Date | Result | Ref. |
| 1 | 120 | 1 |  Sri Lanka | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 26 July 2010 | Drawn | [28] |
One Day International Centuries[edit]
| Suresh Raina's One Day International centuries | ||||||||
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| # | Runs | Match | Against | City/Country | Venue | Date | Result | Ref. |
| 1 | 102 |  Hong Kong | Karachi, Pakistan | National Stadium | 25 June 2008 | Won | [29] | |
| 2 | 116 |  Bangladesh | Karachi, Pakistan | National Stadium | 28 June 2008 | Won | [30] | |
| 3 | 106 | Sri Lanka | Mirpur, Bangladesh | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium | 13 January 2010 | Lost | [31] | |
| 4 | 100 |  England |  Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom | SWALEC Stadium | 27 August 2014 | Won | [32] | |
| 5 | 110* | 213 | Zimbabwe |  Auckland, New Zealand | Eden Park | 14 March 2015 | Won | [33] |
Twenty20 International Centuries[edit]
| Suresh Raina's Twenty20 International centuries | ||||||||
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| # | Runs | Match | Against | City/Country | Venue | Date | Result | Ref. |
| 1 | 101 | South Africa |  Gros Islet, Saint Lucia | Beausejour Stadium | 2 May 2010 | Won | [34] | |
Twenty20 centuries[edit]
| No. | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | For | Opponent | Venue | City | Year | Result |
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| 1 | 100* | 53 | 7 | 6 | Chennai Super Kings | Kings XI Punjab | MA Chidambaram Stadium | Chennai | 2013 | Won |
| 2 | 109* | 62 | 6 | 8 | Chennai Super Kings | Kolkata Knight Riders | M Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bangalore | 2014 | Won |
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