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Suresh Raina

Full name: Suresh Kumar Raina

Born: 27th November 1986, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

Batting: Left-hand batsman
Bowling: Right-arm off-break

Teams: India (ODI: 2005-2008); India (Int Twenty20: 2006/07); Uttar Pradesh (Main FC: 2002/03-2007/08); Uttar Pradesh (Main ListA: 2004/05-2006/07); All teams

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Dhoni, Raina guide India to Asia Cup final

'சூப்பர் 4' -ல் இந்தியாவிற்கு முதல் வெற்றி

Raina's hundred sparks India win

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Pictures: Suresh Raina bowls during a training session

Suresh Raina plays a shot

Suresh Raina celebrates his fifty

Suresh Raina plays a shot

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An aggressive young batsman from Uttar Pradesh, he has a penchant for hitting double hundreds. His talent has already seen him being labeled the next Yuvraj Singh, but he is still quite a bit distance away from fulfilling that tag. He has dismantled bowling attacks across the country and in a manner that reflects a bully, made his way to the Indian 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, was maked out by the then India coach Greg Chappell as some one whose backfoot stance reminded him of Brian Lara. He is an equally gifted fielder and adds zing to the one-day squad, and it was indeed a 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, he couldn’t bat consistently enough for the selectors to repose their faith in him and as a result was chucked out of the squad after the horrendous tour to South Africa in December 2006. He was recalled after a year, as part of the 16-man squad for the CB Series in Australia, which they won. He was bought by the Chennai Super Kings to play in the IPL and turned in quite a few stupendous performances, based on which he was selected for the Bangladesh tri-series and Asia cup in Pakistan.
Profile DateLine: 7th June 2008 by CricketArchive

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (2002/03-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	38	66	3	2914	203	46.25	5	20	58.61	44

First-Class Career Bowling (2002/03-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Overall	570	16	247	4	3-40	61.75	0	0	142.50	2.60

One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2005-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
India	50	42	7	1191	116*	34.02	2	7	82.47	22

One-Day International Career Bowling (2005-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
India	50	0	59	1	1-23	59.00	0	0	50.00	7.08

One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (2004/05-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	82	73	10	2500	129	39.68	3	18	88.93	32

One-Day Career Bowling (2004/05-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	522	3	399	14	4-33	28.50	1	0	37.28	4.58

International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2006/07)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
India	1	1	1	3	3*		0	0	75.00	2

Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2006/07-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	17	15	4	424	55*	38.54	0	3	141.80	12

Twenty20 Career Bowling (2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	20	0	30	1	1-20	30.00	0	0	20.00	9.00

Youth Test Career Batting and Fielding (2002)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
India Under-19s	3	4	0	179	72	44.75	0	2	51.58	1

Youth Test Career Bowling (2002)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
India Under-19s	132	6	87	1	1-31	87.00	0	0	132.00	3.95

Youth One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2002-2003/04)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
India Under-19s	14	13	0	328	90	25.23	0	3	80.00	11

Youth One-Day International Career Bowling (2002-2003/04)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
India Under-19s	540	7	330	7	2-23	47.14	0	0	77.14	3.66