Suresh Raina shocked the cricket fans with his sudden retirement announcement on Saturday (15th August) evening. During the coronavirus hiatus, the player has several times talked about his willingness of international comeback. He had shown his desire to again play for India after being snubbed from the team in 2018. Thus, his retirement news had astonished his fans.
But Raina’s decision came after his CSK teammate cum friend MS Dhoni proclaimed his retirement through the Instagram post. Raina also shared an Instagram post and wrote, “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! ??”
Now, as we look back at Suresh Raina’s big contribution to the game and his past, the cricketer was surrounded by several controversies apart from cricket. The attacking batsman was linked with a couple of names as his girlfriends although now he is a happily married man and father.
On that note, here we have mentioned three rumoured affairs of Suresh Raina:
Suresh Raina and Shruti Haasan
The name of Bollywood actresses and cricketers are easily linked up. They also get maximum limelight because of being two being industries. Similarly, Suresh Raina and Shruti Haasan’s lover affair fumed during cricketer’s early career.
A report in the Times of India stated that Shruti and Raina first became friends and the duo later fell in love. Shruti started accompanying him to his IPL matches and Suresh considered her his ‘lucky mascot’.
However, the duo later declined their love affair. Raina had also tweeted, “Too many media reports which no one even tries to confirm. This is to clear once & for all. I’m not dating ANYONE.”