Senior cricketers Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir and Suresh Raina will lead India Red, India Blue and India Green teams respectively in the Duleep Trophy to be played at Greater Noida International Cricket Stadium from August 23 to September 14. The four-day tournament will be played for the first time with pink ball and under lights.
Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday once again rubbished news reports of Suresh Raina being linked with an associate of a bookie and termed it as "baseless and false."
India's limited-overs specialist Suresh Raina is likely to lead the new Intex-owned Rajkot IPL team. Picked first by the franchise in Tuesday's Player draft for a hefty sum of Rs 12.5 crore, he looks set to be entrusted the top job.
The cricketer with most catches in T20 cricket is former West Indies cricketer Kieron Pollard with 362 catches to his name.
Statistical highlights of the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders
Suresh Raina emerged India's leading scorer in the series with 277 runs with an average of 92.33, while Ravindra Jadeja was the leading wicket-taker, claiming nine from five matches. Rajneesh Gupta presents the players' performance.
Suresh Raina says he wants to use the opportunity to regain his place in ODIs ahead of the 2019 World Cup.
The southpaw slammed 75 as Uttar Pradesh ended day one on 303 for six against Baroda
The 19-year-old has shown maturity beyond his years and added steel to the Indian one-day squad in an impressive first season.
Gujarat Lions captain Suresh Raina said they missed the services of experienced Ravindra Jadeja and Dwayne Bravo and the display against Kolkata Knight Riders should be a 'learning curve' for the young bowlers of his side.
M S Dhoni is the first player to take 150 catches in IPL history.
A video showing Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, and Raina mimicking physical discomfort by limping and holding their backs has resulted in a police complaint
Gujarat Lions skipper Suresh Raina, Mumbai Indians spinner Harbhajan Singh and Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar have got a place in former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting's Best XI of Indian Premier League 2017.
Suresh Raina smashed a quickfire half-century while skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni produced a belligerent unbeaten knock of 63 as Chennai Super Kings outclassed Sunrisers Hyderabad by 12 runs in their Champions League T20 match, in Ranchi.
Suresh Raina, who will lead the 15-member Indian squad to Bangladesh for a three-ODI series, says the tour is a good opportunity for him to prepare for the challenge of England that comes up next.
Suresh Raina and Abbas Ali shared a 55-run stand for the fourth wicket to chase 139 runs on a difficult track.
Indian batsman Suresh Raina was rendered a doubtful starter for the must-win third One-dayer against New Zealand in Auckland on Saturday after injuring his elbow during a practice session.
Suresh Raina has come out in full support of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
GaneshUtsav has begun and social media is flooded with pictures of celebrities welcoming Lord Ganesha home.
Under-pressure after aggregating only 105 runs in six innings of the previous three Tests against England, Raina batted for 39 minutes and faced 29 balls before returning to the pavilion without opening his account in India's first innings of The Oval Test on Saturday.
Jadeja took two catches to reach the 100 mark and also had three wickets in his first eight balls to be named player of the match. He has taken 156 wickets and made 2,776 runs in the IPL.
Chasing a challenging 188 set by KKR, Raina led from the front with a blistering 46-ball 84-run knock to set the platform for the much-needed win for Gujarat Lions.
Suresh Raina notched his maiden one-day century and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni his fourth as India sent minnows Hong Kong on a leather hunt, scoring a massive 374 for four in their Group B match of the Asia Cup in Karachi on Wednesday. Raina spearheaded the batting blitz with a scintillating 109-run knock and teamed with Dhoni (unbeaten 109) to put on 166 from 123 balls, which saw India set the highest total in Asia Cup history.
A resolute 98 off just 55 balls (10x4, 5x6) by Suresh Raina and good bowling by Lakshmipathy Balaji (four for 21), Albie Morkel (two for 21) and Jacob Oram (two for 27) helped Chennai Super Kings beat Rajasthan Royals by 38 runs in their Indian Premier League match at the Centurion on Thursday.
India finished at the heap of Pool B after beating Zimbabwe by six wickets in their final league match in Auckland on Saturday after Suresh Raina and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni combined well to take the team across the finish line. Here are the statistical highlights of the ICC Cricket World Cup match between India and Zimbabwe.
Suresh Raina's superb century helped Chennai Super Kings take a giant stride towards qualifying for the knock-out stages of the Indian Premier League on Thursday.
CSK's Harbhajan Singh and Mumbai Indians' Lasith Malinga were among the other big names to be released by their respective sides ahead of next month's auction.
Suresh Raina slammed 203 as Uttar Pradesh scored 410 for 7 in reply to Orissa's modest 216.
Manoj Tiwary and Sudip Chatterjee scored centuries to lead Bengal's spirited comeback against Mumbai, while Gujarat put themselves in line for full seven points after enforcing the follow-on against Punjab. A round up of Day 3 of the Ranji Trophy matches.
Star batsman Suresh Raina will look to get some batting practice ahead of the upcoming South Africa series along with some of the other fringe players as India 'A' take on Bangladesh 'A' in a three-match One-Day series, starting in Bengaluru, on Wednesday.
Photos of the World Cup game between India and Zimbabwe being played in Auckland
He made a composed 92 runs to help India Blue win by 12 runs against India Red in the first match of the one-day N K P Salve Challenger Trophy.
India batsman Suresh Raina says he is hoping to continue his strong showing in the Twenty20 International series against South Africa in upcoming tournaments, including the Indian Premier League, in his bid to make a comeback into the One-Day International squad.
Chennai Super Kings batsman Suresh Raina said bowlers made the decisive difference in his team's 10-run win over Deccan Chargers in their IPL in Chennai.
With the pressure mounting to win the third ODI, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni asked experienced Suresh Raina to step up and perform.
Save Jasprit Bumrah, whose injury-prone body and exceptional skills demand workload management, questions are now being raised as to why the likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja opted out of Duleep Trophy.
A well compiled century from opener Gautam Gambhir and big-hitting of Suresh Raina helped India pull a thrilling five-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the third One-day International in Colombo.
They could be breathing down each others' necks in their marquee World T20 clash on Saturday, but a few of Indian and Pakistani cricketers, on Thursday, showed great camaraderie.
