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Raina made his ODI debut in 2005 against Sri Lanka at the age of 18. However, his Test debut came only five years later, in 2010, against the same opposition. He scored a hundred on his Test debut.He was a part of India's World Cup winning team of 2011.
Suresh's father Trilok Chand is a retired military officer and mother Parvesh Raina. He comes from a Kashmiri Pandit family. The Raina family moved in the 1980s from the Rainawari area of Srinagar, Kashmir, to Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh. He lives in Rajnagar, a town in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. He has 3 older brothers Dinesh Raina, Naresh Raina and Mukesh Raina and 1 elder sister Renu.An article by Suresh Raina was featured in the 2012 book Rahul Dravid: Timeless Steel. Suresh Raina married Priyanka Chaudhary on April 3rd 2015.
Achievements
- He is the only batsman from India to score century in all formats of cricket.
- He was the second youngest captain of the Indian Cricket team at the early age of 23 and the twelfth youngest player to captain aside the world cricket team.
- He was the twelfth Indian player to score test century on debut.
- He is the First Player to score 3000 runs in the IPL.
- He holds the record of most no.of catches 52 in the IPL.
- He was the second world and first Indian player to hit 100 sixes in the IPL.
- He is the first and only player to have scored over 400 runs in every IPL season.
- He is first and only Indian player to have scored century in IPL,CTL20 and T20I.
- He is currently the only Indian to score the centuries in both T20 World Cup and 50-50 Overs World Cup.
- He was the third batsman in the world to hit a T20I century.
- He had a highest strike rate in the IPL history.
- He was the highest run scorer in the CLT20 on Oct 4,2014.
- He is the 12th Indian player to play 200 ODI's
- He is the 11th Indian to score 5000 runs or more
- He has never missed a single match for his team Chennai Super Kings.
When Suresh Raina is on song, there is no cricket field that seems too big. That arch of the back with the head steady on the shoulders and eyes zooming in on the release of the delivery to send it to his favorite part of the ground – the midwicket; is a sight that every Suresh Raina fan enjoys the most. A modern day cricketer, a native of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh; Suresh Raina scored aplenty in the domestic circuit before taking his stride in the big league. He propelled his side to a Ranji Trophy glory in the 2005-06 season with 620 runs in just six games. He made his ODI debut thereafter and became a regular in the ODI setup. The highlight of his ODI career however came in the 2008 Asia Cup wherein he slammed two centuries and finished as the second highest run-getter in the tournament. His Test call-up however came late in 2010 and Raina right away made an impression with a century on debut. But where Raina grabs maximum eyeballs is his performance in T20 cricket. Over the years, he has emerged as one of the mainstays of the Chennai Super Kings squad in the India Premier League, turning in match-winning performances consistently. Not just for his franchise, the left-handed batsman was also impressive in the shortest format of the game for India. He is the only Indian to score a T20I century, a landmark he achieved when he hit 101 off just 60 balls against South Africa at Gros Islet, St Lucia, in the 2010 ICC T20 World Cup. He was also an integral part of the 2011 World Cup winning team .For the generation next, Raina epitomizes fearlessness and attacking strokeplay with a chirpy presence, who gives his hundred percent on the field. The critics, though, are yet to shower wholesome praise on Raina, pointing out his fallibility against the short ball and quality fast bowling. But one can expect the talented young batsman to address those concerns in the near future.