Former Indian vice skipper Suresh Raina, captain of Uttar Pradesh team, smashed 13 fours and seven sixes to remain unbeaten on his T20 career-best 126 runs off 59 balls. His impressive strike rate was 213.56 which is extraordinary from Suresh Raina. Suresh Raina was part of Gujarat Lions in the past couple of years and now Chennai Super King will the team he will rejoin again after CSK retain Suresh Raina.

His score of 126 is the second highest by an Indian in the shortest format. The top mark is 127 by Murali Vijay for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in 2010. Thanks to Raina's record knock, Uttar Pradesh posted mammoth total of 235 runs 3 wickets in 20 overs against Bengal in their Super League Group B match. Raina's superb innings was watched at the venue and appreciated by former India captain Sourav Ganguly. Raina has been out of the Indian limited-overs team since February 2017 when he played against England in a T20I in Bengaluru. Recently, he was retained by Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK). So far, Suresh Raina has played 18 Tests, 223 ODIs and 65 T20Is for India. He is one of the best batsmen in T20 format for India with over 7,000 runs.