Known as India's finest T20 specialist, Suresh Raina has burst into the international scene as a teenage prodigy during the Greg Chappell era. His power, class and elegance were a hallmark of the Uttar Pradesh batsman's status in the international scene since his ODI debut in 2005. Raina's form dipped over the years and since then his call-up to the national team has been more of a switch. The batsman has been chipping in with his play whenever the opportunity was provided has his role became more of a guy who helps the team project a score. Raina's form dropped after the UP batsman was unable to clear the yo-yo test which left him quite disappointed but made him prove a point failure. After clearing the test, Raina burst back into the scene for India's tour of South Africa in 2018 and since then the Indian fans have been witnessing classic Raina back to his beast form.
Read MoreCricketers have been more than active on social media sites during the lockdown phase interacting with the fans or among themselves through such live sessions as all professional sport have come to a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Raina made a cameo in an Instagram Live session of Chennai Super Kings with his wife Priyanka and revealed she is a massive Messi fan but for him and other CSK players, MS Dhoni is parallel to the Barcelona star.
Pathan revealed that the selectors had declared him 'buddha' at the age of 30 while in other countries players have made their debut in 30, citing the example of Australia's Michael Hussey who is known as Mr. Cricket.
While Pathan retired from all forms of cricket in January this year, Raina has not played for India since July 2018.
The Chennai Super Kings franchise Twitter handle put a smile on cricket fans face by sharing a video clip of Suresh Raina meeting Dhoni ahead of coronavirus pandemic.
Suresh Raina, who has appeared in 226 ODIs and 78 T20Is apart from 18 Tests, last played for India in July 2018 in England after which he was dropped for good.
With people staying at home amid coronavirus lockdown in India, reports of domestic violence and child abuse have also come out a lot more in recent times.
Raina feels that being the number one player in the world, it's necessary to show gratitude towards everyone.
Suresh Raina talked about Sachin Tendulkar and also revealed the key differences of the 'Master Blaster' with India's current captain Virat Kohli.
Rayudu, during an Instagram Live session with Indian Premier League franchise Chennai Super Kings, said that Raina looked in great shape ahead of the 13th season of the cash-rich league
Indian Air Force chopper showered flower petals on the National Police Memorial to laud their efforts in the fight against the novel virus. Flower petals were also showered at hospitals across Delhi and Sukhoi 30 MKIs, MiG 29s and Jaguars conducted a flypast over Rajpath while also showering petals.
Indian batsman Suresh Raina scored India's first T20I century on this day 10 years ago in a WT20 group stage game against South Africa.
Raina backed the wicketkeeper-batsman and claimed that his flick reminds him of legendary Rahul Dravid.
Hima also claimed that Indians have begun following athletics after the 2018 Asian Games where the nation had finished with their best medals tally of 69. India also equalled the record of 15 gold medal hauls with their tally of 1951 Asiad.
Raina said that he has been cleaning toilets and vegetables now at home and talking about older days with his mother and grandmother.
Ravichandran Ashwin and Suresh Raina revealed how MS Dhoni cleverly plotted Jonathan Trott and Joe Root's wicket in the final of Champions Trophy 2013.
Ashwin feels the presence of skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni takes a lot of pressure away from the other players while Raina claimed the franchise treats every player like family and that has helped them play consistency over the years.
Yuzvendra Chahal and Suresh Raina couldn't stop praising AB de Villiers, saying that the love for him in India makes it feel like he was born in this country.
Yuvraj Singh opened up on how the Indian batsman was 'really backed' by MS Dhoni.
Raina feels that someone from the team has to step up and guide the young southpaw in the right direction to rectify his mistakes.
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