Suresh Raina

Country: India
Date of Birth: November 27, 1986
Place of Birth: Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Batting Style: Left Handed
Bowling Style: Off break
Skill: Batsman
Teams Played: Chennai Super Kings, India

Batting Performance

	M	Inn	No	Runs	HS	100s	50s	Avg	SR
Tests	15	26	2	710	120	1	6	29.58	53.46
ODI	135	115	22	3250	116*	3	20	34.95	92.09
T20s	22	21	3	583	101	1	3	32.39	140.48
IPL	62	60	10	1813	98	0	13	36.26	140.22

Bowling & Fielding Performance

	M	Overs	Runs	Mdns	Wkts	Avg	Best	Econ
Tests	15	148.3	524	17	13	40.31	2/1	3.53
ODI	135	136.5	687	0	15	45.8	2/17	5.03
T20s	22	6	48	0	2	24	1/6	8
IPL	62	82.2	573	0	18	31.83	2/0	6.97

Career Performance

	First Match	Last Match
Tests	July 26, 2010 v Sri Lanka at Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo	August 18, 2011 v England at The Oval, London
ODIs	July 30, 2005 v Sri Lanka at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Rangiri	December 11, 2011 v West Indies at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
T20s	December 1, 2006 v South Africa at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	October 29, 2011 v England at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
IPL	April 19, 2008 v Kings XI Punjab at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali	May 28, 2011 v Royal Challengers Bangalore at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Profile

Aged 15, Suresh Raina was spotted by Indian selectors playing for Uttar Pradesh under-16s and was drafted into India's under-19 tour of England where he notched two fifties. Aged 16, he made his first-class debut for Uttar Pradesh against Assam in February 2003, although didn't play another match until the following season.

Following injuries to Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly he was selected for the Indian Oil Cup 2005 in Sri Lanka, but was dismissed for a golden duck on debut to Muttiah Muralidaran. Since then, Raina has enjoyed a love-hate relationship with the selectors on account of some hot-and-cold consistency.

In June 2008, he was drafted into the side for the Kitply Cup but it wasn't until the subsequent Asia Cup that Raina showed what a potentially lethal batsman he can be. He scored two centuries and two half centuries in that series and thus sealed his reputation as a clean striker of the ball. Since then he has been a regular in the ODI and Twenty20 International setup and has delivered on numerous occasions. He did, however, have a disastrous World Twenty20 2009, a series he will be looking to put behind him at the earliest.

It is because of inconsistent performances like this that the selectors have not shown faith in him for the longest version of the game. Raina is more of an attacking cricketer that may come across as reckless at times because of his affinity for fast runs. He is a vital member of his Chennai franchise in the IPL and an extremely sharp fielder.