India Cricketer Suresh Raina Retires From All Forms Of Cricket

Ex-India Cricketer Suresh Raina Retirement: Former Indian veteran cricketer Suresh Raina has surprised everyone with his decision to retire. Former India batsman Suresh Raina announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on Tuesday, making him eligible to compete in overseas T20 leagues. The 35-year-old will retire from international cricket on August 15, 2020, following Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

He returned to the IPL in 2021 but was released by Chennai Super Kings before the 2022 season. "It has been an honour to represent my country and state of UP. I'd like to announce that I'm retiring from all forms of cricket "Raina thanked the BCCI, the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association, and CSK in a tweet.

It is worth noting that Raina retired from international cricket along with Dhoni on 15 August 2020. But he was playing for Chennai Super Kings in domestic cricket, especially IPL. But last season, CSK released him before the mega auction and then did not bid for him in the auction as well. After this Raina remained unsold in the IPL for the first time.

If we talk about Raina's IPL career, he was associated with Chennai Super Kings for a long time. He played a total of 205 matches in the league and scored 5528 runs. During this, his bat also got a century and 39 half-centuries. Looking at Raina's international career, he played a total of 322 matches in all three formats and scored 7988 runs at an average of 32.87 and strike rate of 92.45. He also played seven centuries and 48 half-centuries in it. Raina also took a total of 62 wickets in bowling, while fielding also took 167 catches.