Suresh Raina Biography: The former all-rounder of the Indian Cricket Team Suresh Raina announced retirement from all forms of cricket on September 6, 2022. The 35-year-old Suresh Raina confirmed the latest development through the social media post. One of the most prominent faces of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Suresh Raina was not able to find a buyer at the mega auction earlier in 2022. Suresh Raina, back in 2020, made the announcement to retire from International Cricket less than an hour after MS Dhoni announced his on August 15, 2022.
Read below about Suresh Raina centuries, net worth, wife, IPL, Stats, Records, Retirement news, and other significant details.
It has been an absolute honour to represent my country & state UP. I would like to announce my retirement from all formats of Cricket. I would like to thank @BCCI, @UPCACricket, @ChennaiIPL, @ShuklaRajiv sir & all my fans for their support and unwavering faith in my abilities 🇮🇳
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina) September 6, 2022
Suresh Raina Biography
| Born | November 27, 1986 |
| Place of Birth | Muradnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Age | 35 Years |
| Batting | Left Handed |
| Bowling | Right arm off-spin |
| Role | Batsmen |
| Parents | Trilokchand Raina, Parvesh Raina |
| Wife | Priyanka Chaudhary |
| Children | Rio Raina, Gracia Raina |
| Test Debut | July 26, 2010 |
| ODI Debut | July 30, 2005 |
Suresh Raina Early Life, Family Details
Suresh Raina was born in Muradnagar of Uttar Pradesh on November 27, 1986, into a Kashmiri Pandit Family to parents from Rainawari, Srinagar District of Jammu and Kashmir. Suresh Raina has an older brother Dinesh Raina. He completed his schooling in a boarding school. Later in 2000, Suresh Raina decided to play cricket and subsequently moved from his hometown to Lucknow, to attend the Guru Gobind Singh Sports College in Lucknow.
Suresh Raina Personal Life and Education
Suresh Raina’s father Trilokchand Raina was a military officer in an ordinance factory. His family left ‘Rainawari’ in Jammu and Kashmir after the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus in the 1990s and they settled down in Ghaziabad District in Uttar Pradesh. Suresh Raina was trained in the Guru Gobind Singh Sports College.
Suresh Raina married Priyanka Chaudhary on April 3, 2015 and they have two children. Raina has also received an honorary doctorate from Vels University on August 5, 2022.
Suresh Raina Domestic Cricket Career
Suresh Raina, in 2000 decided to play cricket and subsequently started attended Guru Gobind Singh Sports College, Lucknow. He rose to become the Captain of Uttar Pradesh U-16.
In February 2003, Suresh Raina made his Ranji Trophy debut for Uttar Pradesh against Assam but did not play another match until the following season. In late 2003, Raina 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.
Suresh Raina 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.
Suresh Raina International Career
Suresh Raina was one of the few best fielders during his time while playing with the Indian Cricket Team. He played in the middle order. During the semi-final of the 2011 Cricket World Cup, Suresh Raina batted with tailenders to score an unbeaten 36 which was a significant contribution to India’s final tally of 260.
In the second ODI of the Indian tour of Sri Lanka in 2012, he was out for 1 but he came back stronger in the third ODI where he played 45 balls 65 to hand India a five-wicket win and he also won the Man of the Match for his performance.
In 2011, India toured West Indies after the World Cup with Captain MS Dhoni rested and Vice Captain Virendra Sehwag injured. Gautam Gambhir was named the Captain for the ODIs and T20s with Suresh Raina as his deputy.
Suresh Raina announced his retirement from all formats of International Cricket on August 15, 2020, a few hours after the retirement of MS Dhoni.
Suresh Raina IPL
Suresh Raina was awarded the 'best fielder' by the BCCI ahead of the finals of IPL 2010. Later in 2021, Suresh Raina became the fourth player in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to play 200 matches, behind MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, and Dinesh Kartik.
Suresh Raina Stats and Records
| Competition | Test | ODI | T20I |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 18 | 226 | 78 |
| Runs scored | 768 | 5,615 | 1,605 |
| Batting average | 26.48 | 35.31 | 29.18 |
| 100s/50s | 1/7 | 5/36 | 1/5 |
| Top score | 120 | 116* | 101 |
| Balls bowled | 1,041 | 2,126 | 349 |
| Wickets | 13 | 36 | 13 |
| Bowling average | 46.38 | 50.30 | 34.00 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Best bowling | 2/1 | 3/34 | 2/6 |
| Catches/stumpings | 23/– | 102/– | 42/– |
Suresh Raina Playing Style
Suresh Raina is an attacking middle-order left-handed batter and had more success in limited over cricket than in Test Match. Raina has a weakness of short-pitched balls and throughout his career opposition teams tried to exploit this weakness.
Suresh Raina Achievements
- First Indian player to score 6000 as well as 8000 runs in his Twenty20 Career.
- Suresh Raina is the first ever cricketer to reach 5,000 runs in IPL.
- He holds the record of most no. of catches (107) in the Indian Premier League.
- Suresh Raina holds the record for the most runs scored in the powerplay in an IPL match.
- Suresh Raina is second after Chris Gayle and the first Indian player to hit 100 sixes in the IPL series.
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