Rohit Sharma Blown Away By Suresh Raina’s Sudden Retirement

Aug 16, 2020 at 1:37 PM

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Rohit Sharma Blown Away By Suresh Raina’s Sudden Retirement

Rohit Sharma took to Twitter to wish his teammate Suresh Raina a happy retirement. Suresh Raina announced his retirement on Saturday, August 15, just after former Indian skipper MS Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket.  Suresh Raina confirmed his retirement from International Cricket with an Instagram picture with his CSK teammates, captioning it as “It was nothing but lovely playing with you, @mahi7781. With my heart full of pride, I choose to join you in this journey. Thank you India. Jai Hind!”.

The Indian veteran batsman had an acclaimed white-ball career with Team India, earning the southpaw a reputation of one of the greatest left-handed batsmen from India. He is a very close friend of his Team India and CSK teammate and skipper MS Dhoni and has followed his path to retirement at the same time.

Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni
Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni. Image Credit: Twitter.

Rohit Sharma Says Suresh Raina’s Decision To Retire ‘Bit Shocking’

Indian Batsman Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina had broken into the Indian team concurring. The MI captain wished his ex-teammate a great retirement and expressed his shock of hearing the news.

“Bit shocking but I guess you feel it when you feel it. Good career bro, have a great retirement, still remember the time when we came into the squad best wishes moving forward @ImRaina,” Rohit Sharma tweeted.

https://twitter.com/ImRo45/status/1294839740122898432

Suresh Raina’s Team India Journey

The 33-year-old has played 18 Tests, 226 ODIs, and 78 T20Is for India. The left-handed batsman scored 5,615 runs in ODI cricket at an average of 35.31. In test cricket, he only managed to register 768 runs, with his highest score being 120. In T20s Raina scored 1,605 runs at an average of 29.18 for the blues. Suresh Raina had played an important part in the 2011 World Cup-winning squad playing crucial knocks in the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the tournament.

Suresh Raina, ICC T20 World Cup 2020, 5 Unexpected Players Who Might Feature In Team India At The ICC T20 World Cup 2020
Suresh Raina Image Credits: Google

Raina will be seen in action in the IPL for CSK starting September 19th. He has joined the six-day training camp at Chennai and will be leaving for the UAE on 21 August with the team. He has enjoyed the IPL thoroughly and has 5,386 runs in 193 appearances. A solid hitter of the ball, he is a joy to watch.

 

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