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He was signed by @ChennaiIPL for US$650,000 for first 3 years of the tournament.he made significant contribution in 2010 edition to compensate CSK over the loss of Hayden,Hussey and Jacob Oram.He added 520 runs in the tournament becoming the third highest run getter.
His vital half century which turned the final to chennai's tide who ultimately went on to become the champions beating @mipaltan ...For his performance He was named in the Cricinfo XI and also he was awarded with the best fielder by BCCI just before the night of final
At the end of the season;Raina set the record for most run scored in the league with 421,434 and 520 and also taking the most no. Of catches, two records ARE still to be broken. He also hitted the seco d maximum no. Of sixes behind Adam Gilchrist im first three editions..
Suresh Raina was retained by Chennai super Kings along with Murali Vijay,Albie Morkel and skipper Dhoni and rest u know is history
In 2011 Ipl too, @ImRaina maintained his reputation as the leading run scorer wuth 438 runs, again being the only player to cross do so for all the seven season. His most crucial knock came against RCB in Qualifier where he played a stunning inning to set game to CSK's favour.
Despite struggling to find form in the initial stage of 2012 ipl, Raina found form in the later stage and finished the tournament as @ChennaiIPL's leading run scorer,scoring 441 runsand on the course becoming the only player to score 400 in every IPL.
He scored blistering 73 in the final against KKRand added 116 with Hussey, who scored a magnificent 86 to help his team put a big score on board.
Now He became the first player in the history of IPL to cross the mark of 2000 IPL runs...For his performance in 2012,he was again named in the Cricinfo IPL XI.
In 2013 , IPL Raina scored 548 runs at a healthy average of 42.15 and strike rate of 150.13..At the start of the season he was struggling with form but in the later half he regained his form
Raina scored his maiden IPL ton against KXIP in the same year. Astonishing 99* off 52 ball against Sunrisers Hyderabad helped CSK to score mammoth 223..This was CSK's the then third highest IPL total..In the first qualifier against MI he along with Mike thrased all bowler to
Reach the score to 193 for 1. For his performance in 2013 he was again named in Cricinfo IPL XI and cricinfo CLT20 XI.
ON 30 MAY 2014, he palyed a vdeo game inning of 87 runs in 25 balls against KXIP.He missed the fastest century in cricketing history by just 13 runs due to runout
For his performance in 2014 he was again named as Cricinfo IPL XI ..In CLT20 final he played a blistering inning of 109* of 62 ballsand made csk to lift the title for the second time and booked his place in Cricinfo CLT20 XI.
In 2015 , though he couldn't cross 400 mark as hewas struggling to find the middle of the bat . BUT yet this young sensation finished the year with 4,14,43*,4, 62 ,29,17,8,23,52,10, 3,11,41,25 ,0 ,28 .His total score was 364 that time..
After the suspension of CSK for two years ,Raina was back in Gujarat lion setupin 2016 and 2017 season of IPL..Raina was signed by Gujarat lion. HE led the team for both season becoming the top scorer for the team with over 800 runs..
Raina had to leave for the Netherlands in betn the game for the birth of the first child in the family..It was the only time he missed the game very first time
He led Gujarat lion to the qualifier in 2016 but unfortunately couldn't make it through but in 2017 things werenot as per expected.
From consoling Rishabh brilliant knock off 97 at kotla to making the team play in the right spirit and lifting the fair play award .Hewas the best that time.I was fortunate enough to witness that game sitting in the stand.
In Ipl 2018, Raina was retained by Chennai super Kings for a price tag of 11 crore. DURING the second game ;Raina suffered a calf injury and missed next games and this was the first time he didn't play in Csk setup and he returned back in the next game as usual
IN A BIT OF PAIN
Finally in 2019, in the 12th edition of Indian premier League, on 23rd March he became the firsf IPL batsmen to cross the land mark of 5000 runs against RCB.
Other Records::
1) He holds the most number of catches taken in Ipl
2)First player to take 100 catches in IPL
3)He is second after Chris Gayle and only indian to 100 sixes in IPL
4)He is the first and only player to score 400 runs in 7 consecutive seasons(2008~2014)
1) He holds the most number of catches taken in Ipl
2)First player to take 100 catches in IPL
3)He is second after Chris Gayle and only indian to 100 sixes in IPL
4)He is the first and only player to score 400 runs in 7 consecutive seasons(2008~2014)
5)He is the first and only Indian to have scored century in IPL ,CLT20 and T20
6)He is the highest run getter un CLT20(842 runs)
7)He holds the record for scoring must number of half centuries in CLT20 ie 6
8)He has a record for most consecutive appearance for a team ie 158
6)He is the highest run getter un CLT20(842 runs)
7)He holds the record for scoring must number of half centuries in CLT20 ie 6
8)He has a record for most consecutive appearance for a team ie 158
9) Never forget his seven boundaries in an over.
10) First player to be awarded with Best fielder in IPL back to back in history..
10) First player to be awarded with Best fielder in IPL back to back in history..
