Mumbai 6 September : Indian cricketer Suresh Raina has announced his retirement from all formats of cricket, which means he will not play in the Indian Premier League (IPL) as the 35-year-old already ceased international cricket on 15 August in 2020, just moments after Mahendra Singh Dhoni made the decision to end the day.The reports suggest Raina’s decision of resigning “from all forms of cricket” is a decision to allow Raina to play in tournaments like the Road Safety Series and the growing out of the world T20 leagues.
Raina who played thirteen seasons of the IPL was averaging more than 5,000 runs in the lucrative league, while collecting four titles with Chennai Super Kings.
In a tweet from Tuesday Raina tweeted, “It was an absolute honour to represent my nation and state UP.I’m announcing my resignation from all forms of cricket.I’d like to thank @BCCI the @UPCACricket, @ChennaiIPL, @ sir and all my fans for their support and their unwavering confidence in my capabilities.”
An article in ESPNcricinfo on Tuesday stated that Raina’s decision would allow him “to take part in tournaments such as the Road Safety Series, for which he has already been confirmed and also international T20 leagues”.
“I would like to keep playing cricket for a couple of more years.
There are some promising young players emerging from the ranks of Uttar Pradesh cricket.I have already received my No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA).I’ve made an announcement to BCCI Secretary Jay Shah and vice-president Rajiv Shukla of my decision.I will be playing in the Road Safety Series.T20 franchises from South Africa, Sri Lanka and UAE have contacted me, however I’m yet to take the final decision.” Raina was quoted as saying by Dainik Jagran.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) also offered Raina the best of luck and relived his legendary game of the 2010 T20 World Cup.
“He is India’s sole centurion in ICC Men’s #T20WorldCup history.Relive the stunning knock of the 2010 edition.” posted ICC with the video of his feats in the 2010 edition.
Raina represents CSK during 11 seasons between 2008 and 2021 and was awarded the trophy with the second-highest scoring IPL team four times2010 and 2011, 2018, and 2021.He is still their top run-grosser with 4,687 runs across 176 games.
Raina has not played any domestic cricket since the year 2018.Raina’s name was mentioned in the IPL auction prior to the start of the 2022 season following he was let go by CSK however, he was never sold.
Raina began his international career in 2005, and played 226 ODIs as well as 78 T20Is, and 18 Tests and scored over 8,000 runs in all three formats, and was part of the team which was the winner of the 2011 World Cup in India.
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