Suresh Raina retires from International Cricket

Suresh Raina, one of the famous and productive white ballplayers of the last decade has officially announced his retirement from international cricket just minutes after Dhoni informed his fans on his social media account by updating “Consider me as Retired”. India’s 2011 World Cup Winner, Suresh Raina on following his favorite Captain’s footsteps, informed his fans of accompanying Dhoni in his journey to retirement. He shocked the cricket universe by his news to accompany Dhoni in retirement as the latter has not appeared in any competitive cricket for the last one year and was expected to do so but Raina was expected to give a shot at IPL.

Raina, the 33-year-old, made his international debut in international cricket as a teenager in 2005 and is one of the rarest among the individuals with centuries in 226 ODI’s, 18 Tests, and 78 T20 International scoring approximately 8000 runs internationally. He also commands five centuries and 36 half-centuries. Raina expressed his gratitude towards everyone from teammates to fans by thanking his former Captains Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, and MS Dhoni under whom he won the 2011 ODI World Cup and Champions Trophy 2013 and thanking his fans for their 13-year long support of his international career.

He made a comeback after being away since 2018 in the T20 Cricket in the South Africa Tour where he scored a century and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He also participated in the Nidahas Trophy and England Tour. Raina was not selected for the World Cup 2019 due to his knee surgery but was quite ready for his upcoming CPL Betting Tips  in March. He brought a significant revolution to fielding with his athleticism on the field. He owns 167 catches in his international career.

At the end of his Cricket career, he featured for India and has 768 runs in 18 Test matches. In around 226 ODIs he built a tremendous score of 5615 runs at 35.31. Over the T20 handle, Raina played 78 T20Is and scored 1605 runs. He was considered as a handy bowler and was the very first alternative for Dhoni on occasions. With his 228-ball 120 against Sri Lanka on Test debut, Raina transformed into the primary Indian batsman to score a century in every one of the three formats of the game. While his Test profession didn’t arrive at a similar level as his white-ball accomplishments but the left-hander managed out how to record eight 50 or more scores in the organization, including the debut hundred. He partook 768 Test runs at 26.48 in 18 matches. He appeared for the last time in international cricket during T20 against England in 2018.

His inconsistency and struggles in short-pitched deliveries urged the Indian team to look for other options in the middle order. He did not have a fine outing during his first ODI and so was sent back to the pavilion. But he managed to bring a change in his game and become one of the finest players. Raina and Dhoni have played together as a team many times and share match-winning partnerships and teams up an as yellow army in IPL Betting Tips.

However, fans still have something to cherish as the duo towards retirement will appear in the upcoming IPL season playing for Chennai Super Kings. Raina is considered as one of the finest players in IPL history and Dhoni as one of the successful captains.