Suresh Raina

Suresh Raina
Suresh Raina in 2013
Personal information
Full name
Suresh Kumar Raina
Born (1986-11-27) 27 November 1986
Muradnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India
NicknameSonu, Chinna Thala, Mr. IPL
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-spin
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 265)26 July 2010 v Sri Lanka
Last Test10 January 2015 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 159)30 July 2005 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI17 July 2018 v England
ODI shirt no.48 (formerly 3 and 30)
T20I debut (cap 8)1 December 2006 v South Africa
Last T20I8 July 2018 v England
T20I shirt no.3 (formerly 48 and 30)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2002/03–2020/21Uttar Pradesh
2008–2015, 2018–2021Chennai Super Kings (squad no. 3)
2016–2017Gujarat Lions (squad no. 3)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 18 226 78 109
Runs scored 768 5,615 1,605 6,871
Batting average 26.48 35.31 29.18 42.15
100s/50s 1/7 5/36 1/5 14/45
Top score 120 116* 101 204*
Balls bowled 1,041 2,126 349 3,457
Wickets 13 36 13 41
Bowling average 46.38 50.30 34.00 41.97
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/1 3/34 2/6 3/31
Catches/stumpings 23/– 102/– 42/– 118/–
Medal record
Men's cricket
Representing  India
ODI World Cup
2011 India / Bangladesh / Sri Lanka
T20 World Cup
2014 Bangladesh
Champions Trophy
2013 England and Wales
Asia Cup
2010 Sri Lanka
2016 Bangladesh
2008 Pakistan
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 April 2024

Suresh Raina (pronunciation; born 27 November 1986) is an Indian former international cricketer. He occasionally served as stand-in captain for the Indian men's national cricket team as well as in IPL for Chennai Super Kings during the absence of the main captain, MS Dhoni. He played for Uttar Pradesh (UP) in domestic cricket circuit. He is an aggressive left-handed middle-order batsman and occasional off-spin bowler. He is the second-youngest player ever to captain India. He was the captain of Gujarat Lions in the Indian Premier League (IPL), and he also served as vice-captain of the Chennai Super Kings. He is the first Indian batsman to hit a century in all three formats of international cricket. During his time with India, he won the 2011 Cricket World Cup and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. Raina made history being the first Indian to score a century in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, which he did with his 101 runs against South Africa at the 2010 Tournament.

On 15 August 2020, Raina announced his retirement from all formats of international cricket. He pulled out of the 2020 Indian Premier League for personal reasons. On 6 September 2022, he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, including IPL and domestic cricket.