Suresh Raina to play in overseas T20 leagues? Chopra says owners 'will spend money on him'

Suresh Raina is one of best players to have ever played in Indian Premier League (IPL). After winning 2021 IPL title with Chennai Super Kings, Raina was released by franchise ahead of IPL 2022 Mega auction. southpaw did t find any takers during IPL 2022 auction as a result of which he was unable to play in cash-rich T20 cricket. However, commentator Aakash Chopra believes that Suresh Raina could soon find himself playing T20 Cricket in an overseas league.

Aakash Chopra on Suresh Raina playing T20 cricket in Overseas league

Besides Indian Premier League, Indian businesses are showing interest in overseas T20 leagues. In latest video uploaded on Youtube channel, Aakash Chopra feels that more retired Indian cricketers might be seen playing in foreign T20 leagues. He said "When Indian franchises buy all six teams in CSA T20 league, it becomes a totally Indian league. Indian franchisees are re in UAE T20 league as well. If it keeps growing like this, franchises might want ir players to play in different places. I actually see Suresh Raina play."

cricketer-turned-commentator furr said "I see some of Indian players playing in se leagues very very soon. Those who are t playing in IPL, y are all available, but Raina is a very interesting case, a lot of people might want to spend a lot of money on him."

44-year-old commentator also spoke about workload manment by BCCI and giving  Indian players sufficient breaks during bilateral series. While speaking about topic he said, "y want ir players to play all 14-odd matches in IPL. y are t going to give m rest re for workload manment, but when y play against Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka or Bangladesh, y will rest ir players. So, BCCI has already understood this thing. Everybody's workload is being mand."

Cricket news: Suresh Raina's IPL career 

former Chennai Super Kings star Suresh Raina has scored 5528 runs in 204 matches in history of IPL. He is 4th on list of leading run-scorers in IPL only behind Virat Kohli (6283), Shikhar Dhawan (5784) and Rohit Sharma (5611).  left-hander retired from international cricket in 2020 after which he played IPL 2021 before going unsold for IPL 2022. former India cricketer played a total of 205 IPL matches from 2008 to 2021 and contributed with a total of 109 catches. He has record of taking 0.534 catches per innings and had taken maximum of three catches in a match.