Left-handed explosive batsman Suresh Raina will no longer be seen playing in IPL and domestic cricket as well. Suresh Raina said goodbye to Indian domestic cricket on Tuesday. Raina will neither be seen playing in any domestic tournament of BCCI nor will he play in IPL now. According to the reports, Suresh Raina will now play in foreign leagues and for this, he is doing vigorous practice in Ghaziabad. Let us tell you that Raina has proved his mettle in Indian cricket for more than a decade, especially in the IPL. Let us tell you five big things about his IPL career.
Raina has shown strength
Suresh Raina got the best fielder award in IPL 2010. BCCI had given him this honour. In the final of the same season, Suresh Raina scored a blistering half-century and on this basis, Chennai won the IPL by defeating Mumbai in the final.
Suresh Raina played an inning of 87 runs in just 25 balls in the Qualifier 2 match against Kings XI Punjab in IPL 2014. Suresh Raina was about to score the fastest century but due to their run out, he missed the century by 13 runs.
In IPL 2019, Suresh Raina completed his 5000 runs in this tournament. He became the first batsman to do this feat. Suresh Raina played 205 matches in IPL and scored 5528 runs at an average of 32.52 with his bat. During this, he scored a century and 39 half-centuries.
Suresh Raina did the feat of scoring more than 400 runs in 7 consecutive IPL matches. In the year 2013, Suresh Raina gave his best performance. This season, he scored 548 runs at an average of more than 42. During this, one century and 4 half-centuries came out of his bat.
Suresh Raina's IPL journey ended disappointingly. This player played IPL for the last time in 2021 and Raina's bat scored only 160 runs at an average of just 17.77. After this, in 2022, he did not find any buyer. Chennai Superkings also did not bet on him.
