Suresh Raina

Suresh Raina
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Suresh Kumar Raina is an Indian international cricketer. He is an aggressive left-handed middle-order batsman and an occasional off-spin bowler. He is the first Indian batsmen to score a century in all three formats of international cricket.

  • Date of Birth

    November 27, 1986

  • Nationality

    Indian

  • Age (2017)

    31 Years

  • Zodiac Sign

    Sagittarius

  • Profession

    Cricket Player

Awards & Achievements

International

  • He is the third batsman in the world to hit a T20I century.
  • Raina was the first ever batsman to score a T20I century when batting at number 3 position or lower as well as in World T20 history as he did it in the 2010 ICC World T20.
  • He is the first Indian batsman to score centuries in all the three formats of the game.
  • He was the twelfth Indian player to score test century on debut.
  • He is the only Indian to score centuries in both T20I and ODI World Cup.
  • He is the First Indian player to score 6000 and more runs in Twenty20 career.

Domestic

  • He is the first Player to score 3000 runs in the IPL.
  • He holds the record of most no.of catches (83) in the IPL.
  • He was the second world and first Indian player to hit 100 sixes in the IPL.
  • He is the first and only player to have scored over 400 runs in 7 consecutive (2008–2014) IPL seasons.
  • He is the first and only Indian player to have scored century in IPL, CLT20 and T20I.
  • He was the highest run scorer in the CLT20 on Oct 4, 2014.(842 runs)
  • He holds the record for scoring the most number of fifties in Champions League T20 history.
  • He has never missed a single match for his team Chennai Super Kings.