New Delhi: Cricket fans were yet to recover from the shock of Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s retirement that Mahi’s biggest fan and fellow cricketer Suresh Raina has also retired from international cricket. Suresh Raina wrote on social media, “It was a great time to play with you (Dhoni). With pride I have decided to follow you in this journey.”
Suresh Raina has scored 5615 runs unbeaten 35 times in 194 innings of 226 ODIs. During this, he scored 5 centuries and 36 half-centuries. In 31 innings of 18 Test matches, this batsman has scored 768 runs with the help of 1 century and 7 fifty. At the same time, in 66 innings of 78 international T20 matches, he has scored 1604 runs with the help of 1 century and 5 half-centuries. Raina has been unbeaten 28 times in 189 innings of 193 IPL matches, scoring 5368 runs. During this, Raina has scored 1 century and 38 half-centuries. Raina has also hunted 25 in this format.
Suresh Raina was out of Team India for a long time. Suresh Raina has indicated to the previous selection committee several times that there is a lot of cricket left in him and he is ready to play at No. 4, but despite repeated pleas when Raina was not given a place in Team India, So Suresh Raina also realized that now his international career is over.
