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Suresh Raina Biography – Age, Education, Personal Life, Career, Net Worth, Assets and Awards

Suresh Raina And His family

On November 27, 1986, Suresh Raina was born in Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, where his father Trilok Chand, a retired military officer, had relocated. His father, a member of the Kashmiri Pandits community, is originally from Rainawari, in Jammu & Kashmir, while his mother is from Dharmashala, Himachal Pradesh.

He has three older brothers, Dinesh Raina, Naresh Raina and Mukesh Raina and one elder sister Renu. Dinesh, eight years older than Suresh, is a school teacher.

Age, Physical Appearance and Height

he was born on April 8 1983, and according to the calculation, her current age is 38 years. 

Let’s Talk about his Height, Weight & Physical Status is the main things for the Cricket Industry. Fans are also attracted by the Height, Weight & Physical Status The height of Suresh Raina is 175 cm and 1.75 m and feet inches- 5′ 9″. Her weight is in kilograms- 73 kg. Weight.

Suresh Raina Waist Size 36 Inches and chest 40 Inches, And biceps 13 Inches. he has Black colour hair and Dark Brown colour eyes. Besides this, he is wearing a shoe size 9.

Education

He studies in boarding school. In 2000, at the age of 14, Suresh Raina decided to focus on cricket and moved to Lucknow to attend the specialist government college, Guru Gobind Singh Sports College. By 2002, he had become the captain of the Uttar Pradesh U-16 team and caught the attention of national selectors who named the 15 and half years old boy to the U-19 team for England.

Personal Life

Suresh Raina married his childhood friend Priyanka Chaudhary on April 3, 2015. While they were from the same locality and knew each other as children, their mothers arranged the marriage while he was in Australia for the Cricket World Cup.

They have a daughter named Gracia Raina, born on May 14, 2016, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. On her first birthday, he and his wife announced the launch of the non-profit organization Gracia Raina Foundation, which promotes the well-being of underprivileged mothers and their children across the country.

Career

Domestic Career

After his notable performances in the 2004 U-19 World Cup and the U-19 Asia cup, the selectors noticed him. All his exploits in domestic cricket rewarded him as he made his Ranji Trophy debut for Uttar Pradesh against Assam in February 2003 at the age of 16 but did not play another match until the following season.

IPL Career

Often called Mr IPL, Suresh Raina has truly aced the IPL. Raina has been the talisman for the Chennai Super Kings over the years. In nine of the 12 seasons, Raina has aggregated 400-plus runs. His lowest return was 374 runs in 2015. With an aggregate of 5,368 runs, he is the tournament’s second-highest run-scorer. Averaging 33.34, he has hit 38 fifties and one century, with an overall strike rate of 137.14.

Raina missed his first IPL match only in the ninth season due to the birth of his first child. He scored 442 runs for Gujarat Lions in the 10th edition of IPL. Often called ‘Chinna Thala’ by the locals of Tamil Nadu, Raina truly is an urban legend for the franchise.

However, he is a rather abrupt way returned to India from Dubai just before the start of IPL 2020.

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International Career

ODI Career

Suresh Raina made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka on July 30 2005. After a sensational start, though, his form dipped over the next year, and that was followed by a serious injury which meant that the career had hit a roadblock towards the latter part of 2007. The talent was obvious, but Raina also needed to translate that on the field. That’s when the IPL Caravan debuted in 2008.

Raina was on the bench through the first half of the 2011 Cricket World Cup as captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni instead went with the in-form Yusuf Pathan. This remained so until the group game against West Indies, in which Raina played in place of an injured Virender Sehwag.

Against defending champions Australia in the quarter-final, Dhoni made a strategic change, omitting Yusuf Pathan in favour of Raina. Raina assisted Yuvraj Singh in a successful run chase through high pressure, making 34 from 28 balls to carry India to victory.

In the semi-final against Pakistan, he batted with tailenders to score an unbeaten 36, contributing to India’s final tally of 260. He also took Younis Khan’s catch off of Yuvraj’s bowling. Suresh Raina played some crucial knocks in the quarter-final and semi-final of the World Cup, which helped India to win the 2011 ICC Cricket WorldCup.

Gary Kirsten, ex-coach of Team India, said Raina won the World Cup for us with some crucial knocks.

He played the 2015 World Cup too, raked up impressive cameos, and even scored a Hundred against Zimbabwe in the last league match.

At his prime form, Raina is the last thing the opposition team wanted. He could score a quickfire 40-50 runs at the back end of the innings, bowl a few economical overs and save crucial runs for his team in the field.

T20I Career

If there is one format that Suresh Raina has entirely owned, then that is the T20 format. He made his T20 debut against South Africa on December 1 2006.

Raina Has now retired from all game forms, but his T20I career record is stellar. In the 78 matches played, he has scored 1,605 runs at an average of 29.18 with one century and five fifties.

Overall, Raina has the highest score of an unbeaten 126 in T20s, with an average of 33.47. He has notched up 48 half-centuries and four centuries in this format.

Apart from Raina, Virat Kohli (7833) and Rohit Sharma (7795) are the only batsmen in the top 10 list of the highest run-getters in T20 cricket.

Test Career

Five years after his ODI debut Suresh Raina made his Test debut, in July 2010, against the same opposition–Sri Lanka. He scored a hundred on his Test debut.

Sri Lanka made 4/642 declared, and India was in trouble at 4/241 when Raina came in to join Sachin Tendulkar. Raina reached the maiden century on debut, becoming one of few Indian players as the pair put on a double century partnership. Yuvraj recovered in time for the Third Test, but the selectors opted to retain Raina.

Raina, however, could never really fit into the scheme of things of the Indian Test camp setup and eventually drifted from the selector’s radar. He played his last Test in 2015.

Captaincy

Raina had captained the Indian team on its tour to Zimbabwe in 2010, making him the second-youngest player to captain India. Under his captaincy, India won the T20 series against Zimbabwe 2-0.

Raina again shouldered a load of captaincy in 2011 when India toured West Indies after the World Cup with captain MS Dhoni rested, and vice-captain Virender Sehwag injured. Gautam Gambhir was named the captain for the One-dayers and T20s with Raina as his deputy. But due to injury, Gautam Gambhir was ruled out, and Raina ultimately captained.

India won the series, and former West-Indian legends highly appreciated his captaincy. He was again declared captain of the young Indian cricket team during the 2014 Bangladesh series 2014 while all the regular players of Indian cricket were rested. He led his team for 2–0 victories in the series.

His performance was also splendid in the low scoring series as he captained the side very aggressively throughout the series. He was praised worldwide for his captaincy skills which he displayed during the 2nd ODI of this series. India was all out, scoring 104 runs while batting first, and Suresh Raina and his young team defended 104 runs and won the match by 54 runs. His captaincy was the deciding factor of this match, along with Stuart Binny’s bowling performance.

During its two-year run, Suresh Raina captained the now-defunct IPL franchise Gujarat Lions.

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Net Worth

The total net worth of Suresh Raina is estimated to be $25 Million, which in Indian currency is approximately equal to RS. 185 Crore Indian Rupee (i.e. approx One Hundred Eighty-Five Crore INR). Most of his income and net worth came from cricket. Also, the brand value of Suresh Raina is very high and is also the most respected player across the globe. He also earns a considerable sum from various International and National Cricket Matches and the Indian Premier League (IPL). Raina also endorses multiple brands where he charges a massive amount of money.

Suresh Raina Assets:

House: Suresh Raina owns a luxury designer house in Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, India. The current value of his house is Rs. 18 Crore INR. Also, he owns multiple real-estate properties across the countries.

Awards

  • Suresh Raina is the first Indian batsman to score centuries in all three game formats.
  • He is the top run-scorer in IPL with 4540 runs and is the only player to have scored over 400 runs in 7 consecutive IPL seasons.

Car Collection

  1. Mini Cooper 
  2. Mercedes Benz GLE 350D 
  3. Ford Mustang 
  4. Mahindra Thar 
  5. Audi Q7 
  6. Porsche Boxter S 
  7. Range Rover 

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