On Sep 7 Tuesday, Suresh Rain announced his retirement from all formats of cricket on his Twitter surface.
Suresh Raina, a former India and Uttar Pradesh batter end his carrier from all formats of cricket (IPL, domestic, earlier was from international) by the annoucement from his twitter post.
In the franchises from South Africa, Sri Lanka and UAE, to be held next year with all six teams owned by IPL franchises, including CSK have contacted Suresh Raina but he has not taken any decision yet.
On August 15, 2020, at the age of 35, Suresh Raina had already retired from international cricket, shortly after the MS Dhoni retirement and now post the retirement from domestic level.
He said, “I want to continue playing cricket for two or three years for that I have already been confirmed for Road Safety Series T20 league
Suresh Raina said,”I have already taken my No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA). I have informed BCCI secretary Jay Shah and vice-president Rajiv Shukla about my decision.”
Raina said, “Thanks to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
Raina’s retirement leaves their cricket fans on a teary-eyes.
Fans twitted on Raina’s post “what a fielder, what a batsman, you will be missed”
Raina was the first Indian batter to score a century in all three international formats. He began his senior domestic career for UP back in 2002-03, and made his international debut in 2005. Raina had not played any first-class or list A cricket since 2018.
Raina was a key figure for the Chennai Super Kings, whom he represented for 11 seasons between 2008 and 2021. He won four titles with CSK in 2010, 2011, 2018 and 2021 and still remains their top-scorer with 4687 runs from 176 matches. He was released by Chennai Super Kings ahead of the 2022 player auction, where he was not bought by any of the ten franchises. Suresh Raina played his last competitive game (IPL) in October 2021 when he turned up for CSK against Rajasthan Royals in Abu Dhabi.
Raina played 226 ODIs, 78 T20Is and 18 Tests for India, and was part of the squad that won the ODI World Cup winning squad in 2011.
Raina retires having scored 6871 runs in 109 first-class games, 8078 runs in 302 list A games, and 8654 runs in 336 T20 matches.
