Alvida Cricket: Suresh Raina announces retirement from all formats of cricket

Mumbai: Former India batter Suresh Raina on Tuesday announced his retirement from all formats of cricket.

Announcing his retirement, Raina Tweeted, "It has been an absolute honour to represent my country & state UP. I would like to announce my retirement from all formats of Cricket. I would like to thank @BCCI, @UPCACricket, @ChennaiIPL, @ShuklaRajiv sir & all my fans for their support and unwavering faith in my abilities."

Earlier on August 15, 2020, Raina had announced his retirement from international cricket.

Raina’s Career

In an international career spanning 13 years, Raina represented India in 18 Tests, 226 ODIs and 78 T20Is. Suresh Raina was part of the 2011 World Cup-winning team under the captaincy of MS Dhoni.

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Raina gathered 5615 runs from 226 ODIs and 1605 from 78 T20Is for India. Raina, who scored a century on debut in Tests, is also the first Indian to scored hundreds in all three formats of cricket and his centuries were scored outside India.

While playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Suresh Raina has 5528 runs to his name in 205 IPL matches with 39 half-centuries and one century at a strike rate of 136.76. (with ANI inputs)

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