Wishing Suresh Raina a very happy birthday
Wishing Suresh Raina a very happy birthday
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On 27 November 1986, Suresh Raina was born. An aggressive left-handed middle-order batsman and an occasional off-spin bowler.He is considered as one of the best fielders in world cricket. He plays for Uttar Pradesh in all forms of domestic cricket. He is the captain of Gujarat Lions in the Indian Premier League and was the vice-captain of the Chennai Super Kings. He has also captained the Indian cricket team and is the second-youngest player ever to captain India. Raina made his ODI debut in July 2005 against Sri Lanka at the age of 19.
Suresh Raina married Priyanka Chaudhary on April 3, 2015. Their daughter, Gracia Raina, was born on 14 May 2016 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Suresh Raina has also lent his voice to the Bollywood, singing the song Tu Mili Sab Mila from the film Meeruthiya Gangster.
He lives in Rajnagar, a town in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.He has three older brothers Dinesh Raina, Naresh Raina and Mukesh Raina and one elder sister Renu. An article by Suresh Raina was featured in the 2012 book Rahul Dravid: Timeless Steel.
In 2000, Raina decided to play cricket and subsequently moved from his hometown Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh to Lucknow, to attend the Guru Gobind Singh Sports College, Lucknow
India toured West Indies after the World Cup with captain MS Dhoni rested and vice-captain Virender Sehwag injured. Gautam Gambhir was named the captain of the One-dayers and T20's with Raina as his deputy. But due to injury, Gautam Gambhir was ruled out with Raina captaining with Harbhajan Singh as his deputy.India won the series, and his captaincy was highly appreciated by former west-Indian legends. He was again declared captain of the young Indian cricket team during 2014 Bangladesh series in 2014 while all the regular players of Indian cricket were rested. He led his team for 2–0 victory in the series. His personal performance was also splendid in the low scoring series as he captained the side very aggressively throughout the series. 

 

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