Published 17:49 IST, April 13th 2020

'Every ball was going out of park,' recalls Suresh Raina as he picks favorite IPL moment

Suresh Raina picked Matthew Hayden's innings of 93 runs against Delhi Daredevils with his infamous 'Mongoose bat' in 2010 edition as his favourite IPL moment

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Amid Coronavirus pandemic which has brought sporting world to a complete standstill including cash-rich franchise tournament - IPL, several sports stars have resorted to different means to keep fans engd. Recently, Australia's former explosive batsman Matw Hayden, who played for Chennai Super Kings in IPL, shared his favourite IPL moments and n minated his former teammate Suresh Raina to do same. 

Raina's favourite IPL moment

Following his former teammate, Suresh Raina on Monday picked Matw Hayden's innings of 93 runs against Delhi Daredevils with his infamous 'Mongoose bat' in 2010 edition as his favourite IPL moment. Australian opener had made 'Mongoose bat' which had a longer handle and short base famous during his IPL days. Raina recollected vividly that 'every ball was going out of park' when Hayden was batting against Delhi. 

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Taking to Twitter, Raina also said, "We had a good partnership, I scored 49 in that game. I was captaining side, you made me believe we can win from that situation. That was a very very good kck of yours. I still have signed bat that you gave to me. I’m gonna share it with you, I hope you remember autograph that you gave me.”

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Furrmore, CSK middle-order batsman passed on buck to former South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis to share his favourite IPL moment. 

Earlier, Matw Hayden had picked  CSK’s away match against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) as one of his favourite moments where captain MS Dhoni got his side over line with just two balls to spare. Hayden n recalled IPL 2010 final to highlight ar one of his favourite memories from franchise. He described picked his catch in 19th over of Mumbai Indians innings as his favourite where he took a low catch at mid-off to send a well-set Kieron Pollard back to pavilion.

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17:49 IST, April 13th 2020