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Why Is Suresh Raina Known as the Mr. IPL? Suresh Raina is known as Mr. IPL. Former Indian and CSK batsman Suresh Raina has been around the IPL since its inaugural season and is one of the consistent batsmen of the IPL. He has won the IPL trophy four times playing for CSK and was the backbone of the CSK batting line-up.
If we see the live
IPL news today, many players have been in the limelight of the IPL. Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, AB de Villiers, Rohit Sharma, Lasith Malinga, and many more players have performed with consistency, but Suresh Raina made the greater impact.
If you see the live IPL news today, Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, and many more players have par the runs of Suresh Raina. You may have the question, why is Suresh Raina known as Mr. IPL? Let’s see the reason that makes Suresh Raina, Mr. IPL.
Suresh Raina was the backbone of the CSK batting line-up and the middle order. He was one of the few players with consistency and such a dangerous strike rate. Mr. IPL, Suresh Raina debuted in ODI in 2005, T20 in 2006, and Test in 2010. He is one of the finest batsmen in
T20 for India. If you see the live IPL news today
, he was playing in the IPL from the inaugural season for CSK. In his first match, he played an innings of 32 runs in 13 balls and hit 2 fours and 3 sixes.
Fans also called him “Chinna Thala.” Suresh Raina earned this with his performance. In the first season, he started his IPL journey with a bang, scored 421 runs, and his strike rate was above 142. It was just a start, and continued his form and scored 400-plus runs in 9 out of 13 seasons. 2015 was the first season where he couldn’t touch the 400 mark, and it said about his consistency.
He was the first person to touch the mark of 2000, 3000, and 5000 runs in the IPL and the second person to touch the mark of 4000 runs.
Many players have taken over Suresh Raina, but only he deserves to be called Mr. IPL. He has helped his team to win the IPL trophy 4 times, and other players have struggled to win the trophy or couldn’t make an impact on the field.
Suresh Raina's Career Over the Years Suresh Raina is a former Indian player who retired from
international cricket in 2020. He debuted in ODI in 2015 against
Sri Lanka, and couldn’t contribute anything and got out on a
. He debuted in T20 in 2006 against South Africa but has nothing to do and remains not out on 3 runs. Since Suresh Raina established himself as the one of best T20 batters of the India team, he waited for a long time to debut in the test side and got the chance in 2010 against Sri Lanka. In the first test, he scored a century and arrived in the test world. Unfortunately, his first century is his last century.
Suresh Raina has played 18
matches in his career and scored 768 runs with 1 century and 7 half-centuries. In 226 ODI, he scored 5615 runs with 5 centuries and 36 half-centuries. In 78 T20 matches, he scored 1604 runs with 1 century, and 5 centuries and was the first Indian to hit an international century in the T20. In 205 IPL matches, he scored 5528 runs with 1 century and 39 half-centuries.
He got dropped in 2018 from the white ball cricket and couldn’t return to the International side, and took retirement from international cricket in 2020.
Suresh Raina didn’t play in the 2020 and 2022 IPL. Both years were very controversial for him. In 2020, Covid-19 happened and the IPL shifted to Dubai, but he didn’t play in the IPL and returned to his home. In 2021, he became part of the CSK squad and won the IPL trophy, but he became unsold in the mega auction in 2022.
Who Can Become the Next Mr. IPL? The Left-hander batter has decided to take retirement, and many batters have par his runs still, is in 5th position. Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, and David Warner have par the score of Suresh Raina. Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan have crossed the 6000 mark and can be the next Mr. IPL.
was out of form for two years, and he came back with a bang in the Asia cup and hit a century against
Afghanistan. If he continues the form can become the next Mr. IPL.
Shikhar Dhawan may not be the most eye-catching batsman, but he does his work silently and contributes to his team. He is the second player to cross the mark of 6000 runs and has the potential to become the Mr. IPL.
Cricket players with highest strike rate in the T20 world cup.
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