Suresh Raina completes 15 years in international cricket, but never wants to remember his debut match

New Delhi Indian team left-handed batsman Suresh Raina has completed his 15 years in international cricket. Suresh Raina, who made his debut in international cricket before Indian captain Virat Kohli and vice-captain Rohit Sharma, is considered to be one of the favorite players of former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. He is also playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) under Dhoni's captaincy.

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Even today, on 30 July 2020, Suresh Raina has completed 15 years of his international cricket career, but he would not like to miss this match. The debut match is special in itself, but when you feel disappointed in it, you don't want to miss it. Something similar happened with left-handed batsman Suresh Raina, who was famous for batting in the middle order. After domestic cricket, he got a chance in international cricket.

Actually, a tri-series was played between India, West Indies and hosts Sri Lanka in July-August 2005 in Sri Lanka. In the first match of the same series, Suresh Raina made his international debut on 30 July 2005 at the Dambulla ground against Sri Lanka. Sachin Tendulkar was not part of the Indian contingent in this series played under the captaincy of Rahul Dravid. Raina got a chance to play 3 matches in that series and he was dropped from the team in the last two matches.

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Suresh Raina, who played the first match of the series, batted at number 6. Raina was to face Muttiah Muralitharan for the first time in international cricket, but Raina was lbw out on Muralitharan's first ball. In the first match itself, Suresh Raina had to fall victim to the Golden Duck. Not only this, the Indian team lost in this match. This is the reason that no one will want to miss this match, Suresh Raina. However, the match was still memorable for Raina.

Under Dravid's captaincy, Suresh Raina got a second chance, in the second match. The task was easy for him here, as the goal was not too much in that ODI. The team was supposed to score 189 against the West Indies, but the first wicket fell as Virender Sehwag for 3 runs. In such a situation, Suresh Raina was promoted at number 3 and he shared a 65-run partnership with Mohammad Kaif, but Kaif was dismissed by 24 runs. At the same time, Raina scored 35 runs in 42 balls in this match.

Suresh Raina has thanked his fans for tweeting on the occasion of his memorable day. Raina wrote in the tweet, "Thank you so much guys, really overwhelmed by your love and support. These 15 years have been the greatest moments for me, and you guys and my family members have inspired me." Along with this he has also written #15yearsofRaina.

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Throughout his career, Suresh Raina, who has batted in the middle order, has scored 5615 runs in 194 innings of 226 ODIs with 5 centuries and 36 fifties at an average of more than 35, unbeaten 35 times. Raina played his last ODI in 2018. At the same time, in T20 International cricket, Raina has scored 1604 runs in 78 matches, including 1 century and 5 half-centuries. However, Raina's test record is very poor.