Suresh Raina

Full name Suresh Kumar Raina

Born November 27, 1986, Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh

Current age 26 years 188 days

Major teams India, Chennai Super Kings, India Blue,India Under-19s, Indian Board President's XI,Rajasthan Cricket Association President's XI, Uttar Pradesh,Uttar Pradesh Under-16s

Also known as Sanu

Playing role Batsman

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	17	29	2	768	120	28.44	1441	53.29	1	7	100	4	22	0
ODIs	159	138	28	4068	116*	36.98	4443	91.55	3	28	343	86	64	0
T20Is	36	32	7	840	101	33.60	617	136.14	1	3	76	30	16	0
First-class	81	135	9	5380	204*	42.69	8895	60.48	11	35			91	0
List A	209	187	33	5843	129	37.94	6305	92.67	4	42			86	0
Twenty20	152	144	24	4054	101	33.78	2892	140.17	2	24	351	162	78	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	17	20	921	532	13	2/1	2/1	40.92	3.46	70.8	0	0	0
ODIs	159	57	1076	918	19	2/17	2/17	48.31	5.11	56.6	0	0	0
T20Is	36	8	96	141	5	2/49	2/49	28.20	8.81	19.2	0	0	0
First-class	81		2447	1225	29	3/31		42.24	3.00	84.3	0	0	0
List A	209		1950	1624	38	4/23	4/23	42.73	4.99	51.3	2	0	0
Twenty20	152	60	794	973	33	4/26	4/26	29.48	7.35	24.0	1	0	0

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
34	India	v Sri Lanka	Birmingham	1 Jun 2013	Other OD
0	Super Kings	v Mum Indians	Kolkata	26 May 2013	T20
82*	Super Kings	v Mum Indians	Delhi	21 May 2013	T20
0	Super Kings	v RCB	Bangalore	18 May 2013	T20
7	Super Kings	v Daredevils	Chennai	14 May 2013	T20
1	Super Kings	v Royals	Jaipur	12 May 2013	T20
99*, 1/4	Super Kings	v Sunrisers	Hyderabad (Deccan)	8 May 2013	T20
0	Super Kings	v Mum Indians	Mumbai	5 May 2013	T20
100*, 0/19	Super Kings	v Kings XI	Chennai	2 May 2013	T20
63*	Super Kings	v Warriors	Pune	30 Apr 2013	T20

Profile

Suresh Raina represents the new age Indian cricketer. An attacking left-hander who goes for the big shots with impunity and clears the field with a swashbuckling flourish when at the top of his game, Raina is also equally capable of attracting applause as an electric fielder in the circle. All of this, though, is tempered with an iffy technique against the short ball, which has been mercilessly exposed in Test cricket.

It took him five years to cement his place as an India regular, moving from 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 long-term Test spot, but in England in 2011 his lack of skill against pace, seam and swing again opened up debates about his ability to be a consistent Test player for India.

In the shorter versions, though, there're no doubts about his talent. The ability to split the field and discover gaps where fielders could not be placed earned him high praise when he first burst through to play for India in December 2006. The early years, however, weren't so prolific, which led to his omission from the 2007 World Cup. He forced his way back with a mountain of runs in domestic cricket, and from June 2008 was prolific in ODIs too, enhancing his stature as one of India's responsible gen-next batsmen. Also helping his cause were three supremely successful seasons for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL and in the Champions League. He was one of the four players retained by the franchise for the 2011 season.

His tenacity at the worst of times is typical of someone who has spent his teenage years living away from home in the demanding world of the Uttar Pradesh sports hostel, where a lack of facilities or grooming produces cricketers who must match talent with determination. At the under-19 level, Raina was prodigious with his run-scoring and a string of double-hundreds took him to the Indian junior team and beyond it, to India colours. For a player of his ability, though, India must hope that Raina's best innings are still to be played.