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MS Dhoni (c)
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Palani Amarnath
Srikkanth Anirudha
Ravichandran Ashwin
Subramaniam Badrinath
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Napoleon Einstein
Stephen Fleming
Manpreet Gony
Matthew Hayden
Michael Hussey
Shadab Jakati
Joginder Sharma
Chamara Kapugedera
Arun Karthik
Suresh Kumar
Albie Morkel
Abhinav Mukund
Muttiah Muralitharan
Makhaya Ntini
Jacob Oram
Parthiv Patel (wk)
Suresh Raina
Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan
Sudeep Tyagi
Kepler Wessels (coach)

Suresh Raina

India

Player profile

Full name Suresh Kumar Raina
Born November 27, 1986, Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Current age 21 years 315 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 50 42 7 1191 116* 34.02 1445 82.42 2 7 108 19 22 0
T20Is 1 1 1 3 3* - 4 75.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
First-class 40 70 3 3097 203 46.22 5200 59.55 6 20 46 0
List A 87 78 10 2567 129 37.75 2885 88.97 3 18 35 0
Twenty20 17 15 4 424 55* 38.54 299 141.80 0 3 35 18 12 0

Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
ODIs 50 5 50 59 1 1/23 1/23 59.00 7.08 50.0 0 0 0
T20Is 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
First-class 40 672 291 6 3/40 48.50 2.59 112.0 0 0 0
List A 87 594 446 18 4/23 4/23 24.77 4.50 33.0 2 0 0
Twenty20 17 2 20 30 1 1/20 1/20 30.00 9.00 20.0 0 0 0

Career statistics
ODI debut Sri Lanka v India at Dambulla, Jul 30, 2005 scorecard
Last ODI Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), Aug 29, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
Only T20I South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut 2002/03
Last First-class India A v New Zealand A at Chennai, Oct 3-6, 2008 scorecard
List A debut 2004/05
Last List A India A v Australia A at Chennai, Sep 26, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals at Mumbai, Jun 1, 2008 scorecard

 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.

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (July 7, 2008)

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Aug 29, 2008

Suresh Raina hits one straight past the bowler
Suresh Raina hits one straight past the bowler
© AFP

Aug 29, 2008

Suresh Raina and Mahendra Singh Dhoni make an unsuccessful lbw appeal against Mahela Jayawardene
Suresh Raina and Mahendra Singh Dhoni make an unsuccessful lbw appeal against Mahela Jayawardene
© AFP

Aug 29, 2008

Nuwan Kulasekara shows Suresh Raina the way to the pavilion
Nuwan Kulasekara shows Suresh Raina the way to the pavilion
© AFP

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