Suresh Raina

Personal information

Born

27 November 1986 (age 30)
Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

Nickname

Sonu

Height

5 ft 9 in (175 cm)

Batting style

Left-handed

Bowling style

Right arm off break

Role

Batsman/All-rounder

Website

www.sureshraina.co.in

International information

National side

India

Test debut (cap 265)

26 July 2010 v Sri Lanka

Last Test

10 January 2015 v Australia

ODI debut (cap 159)

29 July 2005 v Sri Lanka

Last ODI

25 October 2015 v South Africa

ODI shirt no.

3 or 48

T20I debut (cap 8)

1 December 2006 v South Africa

Last T20I

01 February 2017 v England

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2002/03–present

Uttar Pradesh

2008–2015

Chennai Super Kings

2016–present

Gujarat Lions

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	T20I	FC
Matches	18	223	63	96
Runs scored	768	5,568	1237	6,385
Batting average	26.48	35.46	29.45	44.03
100s/50s	1/7	5/36	1/3	14/42
Top score	120	116*	101	204*
Balls bowled	1041	2,084	271	3,019
Wickets	13	36	12	37
Bowling average	46.38	49.13	27.16	40.40
5 wickets in innings	0	0	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	n/a	0
Best bowling	2/1	3/34	2/6	3/31
Catches/stumpings	23/–	100/–	28/–	104/–

Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 23 December 2016

Suresh Raina ( pronunciation ; born 27 November 1986) is an Indian professional cricketer. An aggressive left-handed middle-order batsman and an occasional off-spin bowler, he is considered as one of the best fielders in world cricket. He plays for Uttar Pradesh in all forms of domestic cricket and is the captain of Gujarat Lions in the Indian Premier League. He has also captained the Indian cricket team and is the second-youngest player to captain India. He is the first of two Indian batsmen to ever score a century in all three formats of international cricket. He is considered as one of the finest T20 batsman. However his Test career did not last long due to his aggressive approach with the bat.

Raina made his ODI debut in July 2005 against Sri Lanka at the age of 19. However, his Test debut came about five years later, in July 2010, against the same opposition. He scored a hundred on his Test debut. He was a part of the Indian squad that won the 2011 World Cup.

Suresh Raina was born in a Kashmiri Pandit family originally from Anantnag, his father worked in the Indian army his mother's name is Parvesh Raina. He lives in Rajnagar, a town in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. He has three older brothers Dinesh Raina, Naresh Raina and Mukesh Raina and one elder sister Renu. An article by Suresh Raina was featured in the 2012 book Rahul Dravid: Timeless Steel.

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