New Delhi, New Delhi: Former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina announced his retirement from international cricket on this day five years ago. Raina was part of the 2011 World Cup winning team under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. In a 13 -year international career, Raina represented India in 18 Tests, 226 ODIs and 78 T20 Internationals. The ODI has been the strongest format for Raina as he has scored 5615 runs in 226 ODIs at an average of 35.31 and a strike rate of 93.50. He has five centuries and 36 half -centuries in the 50 -over format.

Raina has scored 1605 runs in 78 T20 international matches for India. Raina scored a century in his debut match in Test cricket and he is also the first Indian to score a century in all three formats of cricket, although his centuries have come out of India.

Playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Suresh Raina has scored 5528 runs at a strike rate of 136.76 with 39 half -centuries and a century in 205 IPL matches. Raina represented an Indian cricketer of the new era: an aggressive left -handed player who used to go unaware of big shots and cleaned the ground in a brilliant way when he was on top of his game, he was also an electric fielder in the circle.

Raina has a deep connection with Chennai Super Kings and his captain MS Dhoni; Due to his close relationship, he also got the nickname ‘Chinna Tala’ (Junior Leader) compared to Dhoni. Dhoni also announced his retirement from international cricket on the same day. In his first captaincy innings, Dhoni gave India the title of T20 World Cup in the first edition of the tournament in 2007. In 2011, he ended the decades waiting for the ICC ODI World Cup title. In 2013, facing hard criticisms, he won the Champions Trophy and silenced his suspects. The 44 -year -old player with 17,266 international runs, 829 victims and 538 matches in various formats for India registered his name in history.