Statistical highlights of the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders
Suresh Raina slammed 203 as Uttar Pradesh scored 410 for 7 in reply to Orissa's modest 216.
Uttar Pradesh clinched their maiden Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy with a thumping 38-run win over two-time champions Baroda in the final under flood-lights at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Chennai Super Kings vs KKR in Kolkata on Sunday.
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.
Yashasvi Jaiswal will aim to add his bit to the combination conundrum with a handy contribution while Arshdeep Singh and Mohammed Siraj need to put their best foot forward during India's only T20 World Cup warm-up game against Bangladesh ahead of their tournament opener on June 5.
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.
Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar lavished parise on Suresh Raina's match-winning knock in the second ODI against England and rated the left-hander's hundred as one of the best ODI innings overseas.
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.
Suresh Raina, whose century in the second ODI helped India regain its confidence back after successive defeats in Tests against England, has extensively worked hard on tackling short pitch deliveries in the hockey turf.
Out of six finals played, India have won three World titles, including two ODI World Cups (1983 and 2011) and one T20 World Cup in 2007.
Sachin Tendulkar posted his 48th Test hundred and Suresh Raina was unbeaten on 66, as India ended Day 3 on 382 for four, in the second Test against Sri Lanka.
With the pressure mounting to win the third ODI, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni asked experienced Suresh Raina to step up and perform.
Suresh Raina (110) and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (85) combined in an unbeaten fifth wicket partnership of 196 at Eden Park to give their team a sixth successive victory in the tournament.
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.
The thrashing that they got from the Sri Lankan batsmen notwithstanding, Suresh Raina on Monday insisted that Indian bowlers did their job well and blamed their opening-day flopshow in the second cricket Test on the dead track in Colombo.
Uttar Pradesh captain Suresh Raina was so hurt after learning about his ouster from the Test squad that he decided to skip lunch on the final day of his team's Ranji Trophy game against Delhi, prompting his state team coach Venkatesh Prasad to term it as "unfortunate".
Coach Duncan Fletcher devices innovative methods to help batsmen counter short-pitched deliveries
England captain Alastair Cook gave credit to Indian batsmen Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina for the five-wicket win of the home side in the fourth One-dayer in Mohali, saying the 68-run fourth wicket partnership between the two took the game away from his team.
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.
Sourav Ganguly says Suresh Raina's ability as a T20 batsman is "unquestionable" and his success in the ongoing Twenty20 World Cup will give him the confidence for "bigger battles" ahead.
India's skipper lauded the showing of the three youngsters who scripted a series-clinching four-wicket victory over the Sri Lankans in the fourth ODI.
'When you are playing team events in these Games, it's a completely different atmosphere.' 'There's pressure, there's excitement, it's a completely different vibe.'
'The Congress backstabbed us and the BJP frontstabbed us.' 'This is the only difference between the two parties.'
Following in the footsteps of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina has become the second cricketer to be associated with the Hero Hockey India League (HHIL) after he was named today as the co-owner of the Uttar Pradesh Wizards franchise.
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.
Rahul Dravid's tenure as India Head Coach, which ended gloriously with the T20 World Cup triumph in Barbados on Saturday, will remain a case study on how to be stately and understated at the same time in modern-day cricket coaching.
From World Cup titles to personal highs to heartbreaks, Virat Kohli witnesses it all at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium
Central Zone beat West by 12 runs to deny them the Deodhar Trophy.
Unfazed by the Test debacle as he was not a part of the team, Indian middle-order batsman Suresh Raina said his side will play some "different cricket" to give a better account of itself in the shorter formats starting with a Twenty20 match against Australia on Wednesday.
The Indian team regularly undergoes a series of fitness tests with 'Yo-Yo' endurance test being the most important of them.
Even as KPs lined up across special polling stations in Jammu amid tight security, several of them had to return without casting their vote.
Chennai Super Kings batsman Suresh Raina applauded his team's batting for a great start and an equally good finish as it overhauled 185 runs scored by Titans in their Champions League Twenty20 tie in Ranchi.
'I've played a lot of matches up and down the order so I think I've become a more mature player after 2011' 'I know that if I play till the 50th over, the team can get 20-25 runs extra'
His breathtaking unbeaten 99 set up Chennai Super Kings's 77-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad on Wednesday, but a modest Suresh Raina credited his batting colleagues for the comprehensive victory in their IPL encounter.
The defeat will rankle the Indian pair all the more as Bopanna is a top-10 player in doubles while Bhambri too is ranked among the top-100. The Uzbekis are not even in the top-300.
Shane Watson was the most valuable player of IPL 2008. Who will it be this time? Any of the top five ranked players has a chance, with Suresh Raina being the current favourite.
Photos of the World Cup game between India and Zimbabwe being played in Auckland
While the panchayat and urban local bodies are completing their five-year term between November 5 and January 9, 2024, almost all political parties are demanding early assembly elections in J and K for restoration of popular government.
Murali Vijay and Suresh Raina hit fluent centuries to help Rest of India post a huge first innings total against Mumbai on day two of the Irani Trophy match in Mumbai, on Thursday.
