Suresh Raina

Suresh Raina

India

Full name Suresh Kumar Raina
Born November 27, 1986, Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Current age 20 years 93 days
Major teams India, India Under-19s, Indian Board President's XI, Rajasthan Cricket Association President's XI, Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh Under-16s
Also known as Sanu
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Statsguru

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
ODIs	36	28	5	612	81*	26.60	842	72.68	0	3	58	4	15	0
Twenty20 Int.	1	1	1	3	3*	-	4	75.00	0	0	0	0	2	0
First-class	29	51	3	2214	127	46.12	4134	53.55	3	17			35	0
List A	60	51	8	1563	129	36.34	1839	84.99	1	11			21	0
Twenty20	1	1	1	3	3*	-	4	75.00	0	0	0	0	2	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
ODIs	36	32	37	1	1/23	1/23	37.00	6.93	32.00	0	0	0
Twenty20 Int.	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
First-class	29	456	194	1	1/41		194.00	2.55	456.00	0	0	0
List A	60	458	352	11	4/33	4/33	32.00	4.61	41.63	1	0	0
Twenty20	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0

Career statistics
ODI debut	Sri Lanka v India at Dambulla - Jul 30, 2005
Last ODI	India v West Indies at Chennai - Jan 27, 2007
Only Twenty20 Int.	South Africa v India at Johannesburg - Dec 1, 2006
First-class span	2002/03 - 2006/07
List A span	2004/05 - 2006/07
Twenty20 span	2006/07

Profile

An aggressive young batsman who has dismantled bowling attacks across the country, the prodigious Raina puts people in mind of Yuvraj Singh. A string of fine performances at the junior levels - where he frequently bullied his way to double-hundreds - landed him a spot in the India Under-19 squad. His 620 runs in six games, in the 2005-06 season, propelled Uttar Pradesh to Ranji Trophy glory and a couple of composed knocks, when given the opportunity in one-dayers, got Rahul Dravid to gush: "Raina has shown what a phenomenal player he can turn into." His electric fielding added zing to the one-day side and it came as no surprise when, even before getting an ODI fifty, he was fast-tracked into the Test side against England in March 2006, and on the subsequent tour to the West Indies. However, his early promise turned into a false dawn - he couldn't manage a half-century in 15 innings - and lost his place in the one-day side on the South African tour.