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Suresh Raina
Indian former international cricketer
Suresh Raina in 2013 | |
| Full name | Suresh Kumar Raina |
|---|---|
| Born | (1986-11-27) 27 November 1986 (age 38) Muradnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Nickname | Sonu, Chinna Thala Raina,[1] Mr. IPL [2][3][4] |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) |
| Batting | Left-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm off-spin |
| Role | Batsman |
| National side | |
| 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 | 17 July 2018 v England |
| ODI shirt no. | 48 (formerly 3 and 30) |
| T20I debut (cap 8) | 1 December 2006 v South Africa |
| Last T20I | 8 July 2018 v England |
| T20I shirt no. | 3 (formerly 48 and 30) |
| Years | Team |
| 2002/03–2020/21 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 2008–2015, 2018–2021 | Chennai Super Kings(squad no. 3) |
| 2016–2017 | Gujarat Lions(squad no. 3) |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 April 202
Suresh RainaSuresh 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
Arushi RainaBiography of Arushi RainaArushi Raina has been trying to write a novel since she was in high school. Many discarded adverbs, characters and rejection letters later, her first book, When Morning Comes was published in June 2016. She writes about characters that have their lives fall apart, about how they put the pieces back together. About real worlds and made up ones, of gangsters, singers, shop girls, of townships, of choked city streets, of quiet country estates, and wide open, empty land. Arushi grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa. So far, Arushi’s also lived in Egypt, Nigeria, India, the US, UK, and most recently, Canada. At Vassar College in New York, Arushi studied Economics and English, where she was able to put together the beginnings of When Morning Comes. Learn more at Arushi Raina’s official website. 1 Book by Arushi RainaCopyright ©bandtide.pages.dev 2025 | |