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Full name Suresh Kumar Raina
Born November 27, 1986, Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Current age 21 years 361 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
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
ODIs
53
45
7
1239
116*
32.60
1506
82.27
2
7
109
22
24
0
T20Is
1
1
1
3
3*
-
4
75.00
0
0
0
0
2
0
First-class
41
71
3
3119
203
45.86
5235
59.57
6
20
46
0
List A
92
83
10
2689
129
36.83
3028
88.80
3
19
37
0
Twenty20
17
15
4
424
55*
38.54
299
141.80
0
3
35
18
12
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
ODIs
53
5
50
59
1
1/23
1/23
59.00
7.08
50.0
0
0
0
T20Is
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
41
672
291
6
3/40
48.50
2.59
112.0
0
0
0
List A
92
624
477
19
4/23
4/23
25.10
4.58
32.8
2
0
0
Twenty20
17
2
20
30
1
1/20
1/20
30.00
9.00
20.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
ODI debut
Sri Lanka v India at Dambulla, Jul 30, 2005 scorecard
South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals at Mumbai, Jun 1, 2008 scorecard
Profile
An aggressive young batsman who has dismantled bowling attacks across the country, the prodigious Raina puts people in mind of Yuvraj Singh. A string of fine performances at the junior levels - where he frequently bullied his way to double-hundreds - landed him a spot in the India Under-19 squad. His 620 runs in six games, in the 2005-06 season, propelled Uttar Pradesh to Ranji Trophy glory and a couple of composed knocks, when given the opportunity in one-dayers, got Rahul Dravid to gush: "Raina has shown what a phenomenal player he can turn into." His electric fielding added zing to the one-day side and it came as no surprise when, even before getting an ODI fifty, he was fast-tracked into the Test side against England in March 2006, and on the subsequent tour to the West Indies. However, his early promise turned into a false dawn - he couldn't manage a half-century in 15 innings - and lost his place in the one-day side on the South African tour. He played two ODIs in January 2007 but was not recalled until a year later, when India named their 16-man squad for the CB Series in Australia. Raina finally played to his true potential in the Asia Cup, slamming two centuries and finishing the second-highest run-getter.
