On This Day: Suresh Raina announced his retirement from all forms of Cricket including the domestic arena and the Indian Premier League On This Day in 2022. Raina is still the only Indian to smash a century in a tournament like the T20 World for the team of Men in Blue.
He achieved this feat against South Africa in the 2010 T20 World Cup which was played in the Caribbean. Suresh retired from International cricket on 15th August 2020 and announced his retirement after MS Dhoni who was Raina’s best friend.
Overall, Suresh Raina was the best batter in the CSK team and was part of four title wins of the Yellow Army. CSK had a poor 2020 and 2022 seasons when Suresh Raina wasn’t part of the CSK team in both of the editions.
Suresh Raina is still known as MR IPL because of his brilliant performances in this tournament. Suresh scored 5528 runs from just 205 games and 200 innings. He had an average of 32.52 and a strike rate of 136.76, with one unbeaten century and 39 half-centuries. Here are Suresh Raina’s five records in the tournament –
1. The first man on the planet to reach the 5000 runs in IPL Cricket –
Suresh Raina was the first player in the history of the Indian Premier League to amass the five thousand runs. He was so consistent that in the first seven editions of this cash-rich league tournament, Raina had scored 400 runs for the Yellow Army.
2. Raina has the most catches in the IPL History –
We all know that Suresh Raina was a terrific fielder, and many of us have loved watching him on the field for the Men in Blue and Chennai Super Kings. In the history of the Indian Premier League, Suresh has shown his magic on the field. Suresh Raina has played 205 matches and 200 innings in the IPL and has taken 109 caches to his name.
3. Most Half Centuries for One Franchise –
Suresh Kumar Raina has played the IPL from its inception edition of 2008. Raina had played for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) the most, and he also represented the Gujarat Lions in the 2016 and 2017 seasons. But Suresh Raina has the record for scoring the most half-centuries for a single franchise. He has scored 33 fifties for CSK in his IPL career.
4. 425 Boundaries for the Yellow Army –
Suresh Raina was the backbone of Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. He had owned the number three batting position till IPL 2019. But he wasn’t part of the CSK squad in 2020 and in 2021, the number three spot went to Moeen Ali. Raina batter lower down the order in the 2021 season. He has smashed 425 fours to his name for the CSK franchise in his career.
5. 180 Sixes for Chennai Super Kings –
The southpaw has smashed the second most sixes for the Yellow Army in the history of the Indian Premier League. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has the record of smashing the most sixes for his franchise and china thalai has joined second in the list. Raina has smashed 180 sixes for the Yellow Army in this cash-rich tournament.
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