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Suresh Raina
Suresh Kumar Raina
was born on 27
November 1986 is an
Indian cricketer
from Ghaziabad,
Uttar Pradesh. He is
an attacking
left-handed
middle-order batsman
and an occasional
off-spin bowler. He
plays for Uttar
Pradesh in all forms
of domestic cricket
and is the
vice-captain of
Chennai Super Kings
in the Indian
Premier League. He
is also the highest
run-getter in the IPL.
Raina made his ODI
debut in 2005
against Sri Lanka at
the age of 18.
However, his Test
debut came only five
years later, in
2010, against the
same opposition.
Raina was a part of
India's World Cup
winning team of
2011. He is the only
Indian player to
have scored a
century in all
formats of
international
cricket.
F
Raina's family comes
from the town of
Rainawari, in Jammu
& Kashmir, thus the
surname "Raina".
Raina decided to
take up cricket
seriously in 1999,
and moved from his
city Muradnagar,
Ghaziabad, Uttar
Pradesh (near New
Delhi) to Lucknow,
to attend the
specialist
government Sports
College. He rose to
become the captain
of the Uttar Pradesh
U-16s came to
prominence amongst
Indian selectors in
2002, when he was
selected at the age
of 15 and a half
years for the U-19
tour to England,
where he made a pair
of half-centuries in
the U-19 Test
matches. He toured
Sri Lanka later that
year with the U-17
team. He made his
Ranji Trophy debut
for Uttar Pradesh
against Assam in
February 2003 at the
age of 16, but did
not play another
match until the
following season. In
late 2003, he toured
Pakistan for the
U-19 Asian ODI
Championship before
being selected for
the 2004 U-19 World
Cup, where he scored
three half
centuries, including
a 90 scored off only
38 balls. He was
then awarded a
Border-Gavaskar
scholarship to train
at the Australian
Cricket Academy and
in early 2005, he
made his first-class
limited overs debut,
and scored 645 runs
that season at an
average of 53.75. He
was selected to
participate in the
Challenger Series in
early 2005, and
after injury to
Sachin Tendulkar and
suspension to
captain Sourav
Ganguly, Raina was
selected for the
Indian Oil Cup 2005
in Sri Lanka.
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Captain On Raina
With the advent of
mahendra singh
dhoni becoming the
captain of india,
raina has been
getting more
chances. MS dhoni
is petty confident
that suresh has
enough talent. It
was this confidence
that urged Dhoni to
take raina on the
tour of Sri Lanka
recently. In a
relatively
inexperienced
squad, Raina has
been given the job
to strengthen the
batting order and
dhoni believes his
native man is
capable enough to
handle such
pressures.
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