Suresh Raina

Personal information
Full name Suresh Kumar Raina
Born 27 November 1986 (1986-11-27) (age 23)
Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nickname Sanu
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right arm off break
Role Batsman
International information
National side India
ODI debut (cap 159) 30 July 2005 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI 28 May 2010 v Sri Lanka
Only T20I (cap 8) 1 December 2006 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years Team
2002/03–present Uttar Pradesh
2008–present Chennai Super Kings
Career statistics
Competition ODIs FC List A T20
Matches 88 51 129 41
Runs scored 2,165 3,684 3,631 1004
Batting average 37.98 44.38 38.62 30.42
100s/50s 3/15 6/25 4/27 1/6
Top score 116* 203 129 101
Balls bowled 344 930 984 198
Wickets 6 12 24 9
Bowling average 51.50 33.58 34.00 23.33
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match n/a 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 1/13 3/31 4/23 2/17
Catches/stumpings 40/– 54/– 53/– 20/

Suresh Kumar Raina pronunciation (help·info) (born 27 November 1986, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India) is an Indian cricketer from the state of Uttar Pradesh. Raina has been a member of the Indian cricket team for ODIs since July 2005, and was included in the Test squad in early 2006, but did not make his test debut until the second test against Sri Lanka on the 26th July 2010. Domestically he plays for Uttar Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy and Central Zone in the Duleep Trophy. He is an attacking left-handed batsman, and a renowned fielder who is known for his ability to hit the stumps from the infield. He is also an occasional off-spinner