
Full name Suresh Kumar Raina
Born November 27, 1986, Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Current age 23 years 158 days
Major teams India, Chennai Super Kings, India Blue, India Under-19s, Indian Board President's XI, Rajasthan Cricket Association President's XI, Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh Under-16s
Also known as Sanu
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
ODIs 90 73 15 2214 116* 38.17 2470 89.63 3 15 189 50 41 0
T20Is 13 12 2 268 101 26.80 200 134.00 1 1 21 13 3 0
First-class 51 86 3 3684 203 44.38 6138 60.01 6 25 54 0
List A 133 115 19 3729 129 38.84 4050 92.07 4 27 56 0
Twenty20 59 56 10 1643 101 35.71 1167 140.78 1 10 138 74 30 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
ODIs 90 21 344 309 6 1/13 1/13 51.50 5.38 57.3 0 0 0
T20Is 13 2 12 16 1 1/6 1/6 16.00 8.00 12.0 0 0 0
First-class 51 930 403 12 3/31 33.58 2.60 77.5 0 0 0
List A 133 1044 873 24 4/23 4/23 36.37 5.01 43.5 2 0 0
Twenty20 59 26 341 388 15 2/17 2/17 25.86 6.82 22.7 0 0 0
Career statistics
Profile
An aggressive young batsman who has dismantled bowling attacks across the country, the prodigious Raina puts people in mind of Yuvraj Singh. A string of fine performances at the junior levels - where he frequently bullied his way to double-hundreds - landed him a spot in the India Under-19 squad. His 620 runs in six games, in the 2005-06 season, propelled Uttar Pradesh to Ranji Trophy glory and a couple of composed knocks, when given the opportunity in one-dayers, got Rahul Dravid to gush: "Raina has shown what a phenomenal player he can turn into." His electric fielding added zing to the one-day side and it came as no surprise when, even before getting an ODI fifty, he was fast-tracked into the Test side against England in March 2006, and on the subsequent tour to the West Indies. However, his early promise turned into a false dawn - he couldn't manage a half-century in 15 innings - and lost his place in the one-day side on the South African tour. He played two ODIs in January 2007 but was not recalled until a year later, when India named their 16-man squad for the CB Series in Australia. Raina finally played to his true potential in the Asia Cup, slamming two centuries and finishing the second-highest run-getter. He has since emerged as a commendable Twenty20 batsman, collecting heaps of runs for Chennai Super Kings.