Monday, January 3, 2011

Suresh Raina

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Profile

The gradual moulding of young southpaw Suresh Raina as an accomplished batsman in all forms of the game is a perfect case study for the Indian selectors to focus on developing world-beaters instead of expecting to chance upon them.


Making his debut as an 18-year-old, Raina's inexperience showed as he succumbed to a first-ball Muralitharan googly in 2005. But a determined effort to validate his selection soon hallmarked his approach. Often, after disappointments at the International level, Raina came back with strong domestic displays in Ranjis and the IPL to knock hard on selection doors. When he returned after being dropped for a year-and-half in 2008, 3 centuries and a dozen half-centuries marked his renewed desire to make the most of opportunities, an intent highlighted by 3 stand-out knocks in the 2008 Asia Cup. By the time Raina made his commanding century on Test debut against Sri Lanka in 2010, he already had ample limited overs experience with nearly a 100 ODIs, 3 successful seasons of the IPL and a captaincy stint; all at the age of 23!


In everything that Suresh Raina does on the field, there is an underlying sincerity that is all too visible. In each shot - both explosive and deft - Raina's confidence is evident. Even when he seems to struggle, it's brazen for all to observe. Excellent fielding abilities reflect a mantra of compensating any possible short-coming in skill with a raging will to fight and win. It's that trait which has formed a common thread among most players who emerged under MS Dhoni, co-incidentally or otherwise!


Fast Facts

  • Raina was only the 10th ODI player to notch 3 consecutive Man-of-the-match awards. He accomplished the recognition with knocks of 101, 84 and 116* against Hong Kong, Pakistan and Bangladesh respectively.
  • Aside from his 66 against New Zealand in Napier, all of Raina's remaining 3 centuries and 14 fifties have come in the sub-continent.
  • Raina is also only the third overall and the first Indian to score a T20I century (101 vs South Africa in the 2010 World T20).
  • Raina holds the record for playing the maximum number of ODIs (98) before behind handed a Test debut beating Australian Andrew Symonds' previous best of 94.
  • He is only the 12th Indian to score a century on Test debut.
  • Raina's Test debut score of 120 is the sixth highest for an Indian during his first outing
  • He is also only the fourth left-hander in that list, after Deepak Shodhan, Surinder Amarnath and Sourav Ganguly.
  • Raina became the third player to score a century in all three formats of cricket after Gayle and McCullum.
  • He was also India's top run-getter and the fifth highest overall in the 2010 T20 World Cup.

Statistics

Show:
MatchesInningsRunsNOAvg.SR100's50's
Test812373133.9057.2012
ODI1068825281836.1190.15316
T201817468333.42138.4613
IPL46441375838.19142.0409
CLT2066203140.6167.7602

Career

Span:
Test:
2010-2010
ODI:
2005-2010
T20:
2006-2010
IPL:
2008-2010
CLT20:
2010-2010
Test
Debut:
India Vs Sri Lanka at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo - Jul 26, 2010
Last played:
India Vs South Africa at SuperSport Park, Centurion - Dec 16, 2010
ODI
Debut:
India Vs Sri Lanka at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Rangiri - Jul 30, 2005
Last played:
India Vs New Zealand at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur - Dec 01, 2010
T20
Debut:
India Vs South Africa at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg - Dec 01, 2006
Last played:
India Vs Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club, Harare (Salisbury) - Jun 13, 2010
IPL
Debut:
Chennai Super Kings Vs Kings XI Punjab at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali - Chandigarh - Apr 19, 2008
Last played:
Chennai Super Kings Vs Mumbai Indians at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai - Apr 25, 2010
CLT20
Debut:
Chennai Super Kings Vs Central Stags at Kingsmead, Durban - Sep 11, 2010
Last played:
Chennai Super Kings Vs Warriors at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg - Sep 26, 2010
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