Published 13:38 IST, November 27th 2019
Suresh Raina: Top 5 facts about India's T20 champion and CSK star
Suresh Raina celebrates his 33rd birthday today. The southpaw is one of the best T20 players India has produced. As he turns 33, here are top 5 facts about him.
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India cricketer Suresh Raina celebrates his 33rd birthday on Tuesday. Raina was born on vember 27, 1986. left-handed batsman has played 226 ODIs, 78 T20Is and 18 Test matches for India with 7,988 runs, 7 centuries and 48 half-centuries to his name. He remains first Indian ever to score at least one century in all three formats of game. In addition to this, he is second leading run-getter in IPL and has won three IPL trophies with Chennai Super Kings.
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Suresh Raina birthday: Fun facts about CSK star
1. Roots in Kashmir
Suresh Raina’s far Trilok Chand belongs to Rainawari district, which is situated in state of Jammu and Kashmir. His mor is from Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh. However, his family settled in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. Raina has five siblings with his three elder brors named Dinesh, Mukesh and Naresh respectively. He also has a sister named Renu.
2. Successful India Under-19 debut at of 16
Raina was 16 when he was first selected to represent India Under-19s on a tour to England. southpaw scored 72 in an ufficial four-day Test for a team which was led by Manvinder Bisla and also had likes of Ambati Rayudu and Irfan Pathan, who n went on to become his future India teammates. Tim Bresnan was a rewned player in that England team.
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3. A forgettable ODI debut
After his success in domestic cricket and for representative Indian sides, left-hander was called up to represent senior Indian team at of 18. However, Raina’s international debut was t a day to remember. Against Sri Lanka at Dambulla on July 30, 2005, left-hand batsman was dismissed off very first ball by ne or than Sri Lanka's legendary spinner, Muttiah Muralitharan. Bagging a duck on ODI debut put him in company of Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, and Shikhar Dhawan.
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4. Youngest captain to lead India in T20Is
Raina is youngest Indian captain to lead India in T20 internationals at of 23. He also happens to be second oldest to lead India in ODIs behind Sachin Tendulkar.
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5. First to score centuries in all three formats for India
Raina became first Indian to record a century in each format of international cricket when he hit a century on Test debut against Sri Lanka in 2010. Raina had scored his first ODI century against Hong Kong in Asia Cup 2008. His and India’s first T20I century came against South Africa in 2010 ICC World T20 in West Indies.
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12:18 IST, November 27th 2019