After scoring a match-winning 60-ball 101, Suresh Raina on Sunday credited his growth as a reliable batsman to a disciplined regime and inspiring atmosphere in the dressing room.
Suresh Raina hit his maiden century in Twenty20 Internationals to guide India to a comfortable 14-run victory over South Africa in the ICC World Twenty20 in St Lucia, on Sunday. Raina played a splendid innings of 101 from 60 balls to guide India to a mammoth 186 for five in their 20 overs. In reply, South Africa struggled against the Indian spinners to finish with 172 for five.
Suresh Raina was without doubt the most impressive performer in the IPL III final.
With openers and regular captain Virat Kohli occupying the top three spots and wicket-keeper Dhoni a floating option in the batting order, a number of players have auditioned for the middle order over the last couple of years.
'Ngidi won't be available. He won't be arriving in time for the next game'
Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni will have to sit out of the IPL for 10 days due to an elbow injury, which he sustained during Tuesday's match against Kolkata Knight Riders.
The Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni will have to sit out of the IPL for 10 days, due to an elbow injury, which he sustained during Tuesday's match against Kolkata Knight Riders.
MS Dhoni will play for Pune in the next edition of the Indian Premier League.
Ricky Ponting feels Ajinkya Rahane has done a great job for India 'to pick up the pieces' from the Adelaide debacle
Young players like Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma lack the "all-consuming" desperation to do well in Test cricket because they have other options, feels former India captain Rahul Dravid.
Team India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his deputy Yuvraj Singh will represent different Air India teams in the September 1-8 BCCI Corporate Trophy.
Indian cricket ushered in a new era as Virat Kohli was officially anointed captain for all three formats as he took over from Mahendra Singh Dhoni as India's limited overs captain from the series against England, starting on January 15.
After a successful stint in the one-day internationals, Suresh Raina hopes to make his Test selection count.
India's skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni praised his batsmen's showing in the six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the first ODI, but said there is room for improvement for his bowlers.
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat against India in their Asia Cup ODI.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni continued to top the ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen, while young guns Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli made big strides in the chart following stellar performances in the just-concluded tri-series in Bangladesh.
Images from the third and final T20 International between Australia and India at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
The heat from the cricket endorsement pitch is cooling, with rates falling between 25 and 50 per cent as advertisers shy away from new deals.Industry sources say the only major cricketer to have signed on for a new brand in the last six months is Yuvraj Singh. Up-and-coming players like Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina are charging Rs 40 lakh to Rs 60 lakh but have not signed any new individual deals in the last few months.
After back-to-back losses against Delhi Daredevils and Rising Pune Supergiant, Sunrisers eked out a seven-wicket win over table-toppers Mumbai Indians at Hyderabad and David Warner's men need another inspiring show.
CSK lost the momentum after those two quick wickets as they finished on a below-par 169 for five in their 20 overs on a good batting wicket, in Saturday's IPL match in Pune..
UP batsman Suresh Raina on his successful outing in New Zealand and how the inaugural IPL put his career back on track.
Describing India's clinical win over arch-rivals Pakistan, in their World Cup campaign opener, as one of the biggest in his career, India batsman Virat Kohli said he was happy to have played his part in the "amazing" victory.
In two games on this tour, the 22-year-old Suresh Raina has wrenched his side of tight situations with authoritative half centuries (61 off 43 balls in the first T20 and 66 from 39 in the first ODI at Napier).
India created history on Friday by taking over as the number one team in the ICC ODI rankings. Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his boys outclassed New Zealand by six wickets in the second match of the tri-series in Colombo, on Friday, which also ensured that they toppled South Africa from the top of the rankings
India beat New Zealand by 53 runs in the rain-interrupted first one-day international at Napier on Tuesday. The tourists amassed 273-4 from 38 overs after their innings was halted for two-and-a-half hours because of rain. New Zealand were set a revised target of 216 to win off 28 overs after their reply was also interrupted by heavy showers but could only score 162 for 9, losing by 53 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method.
24 - Number of sixes hit in the match - a new world record. The previous record was of 20 sixes between India and Australia in the World Cup game at Durban in 2007.
Brendon McCullum smashed an unbeaten half-century to steer New Zealand to a seven-wicket win over India in their first Twenty20 international in Christchurch on Wednesday. The Kiwis overhauled India's total of 162 for eight with seven balls to spare.
Pace bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar was promoted to Grade A, but Yuvraj Singh and Gautam Gambhir, who have lost favour with the selectors, were dropped from the list of BCCI's contracted players for 2014-15.
India coach Gary Kirsten has backed his new generation of batsmen to seamlessly replace the experienced order ahead of next week's Asian Cup.
For the Gujarat Lions to roar, their top-heavy batting order must first win in unison against a consistent KKR bowling attack.
Rajneesh Gupta figures out the Indian ODI and T20 sides for the South Africa series.
Half centuries from Suresh Raina (66) and Parveen Kumar (51 not out) helped Uttar Pradesh recover from a wobbly start and reach a respectable 275 for eight against Railways on the opening day of their Group B Ranji Super League match in New Delhi on Saturday.
Following are the statistical highlights of the fifth India vs England ODI in Cuttack on Wednesday night.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Wednesday made it clear that he has no plans to bat at the number three slot throughout the Twenty20 World Cup and claimed it was a part of the team's experiment with the batting order.
Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni says the first six days in quarantine were very difficult.
India squandered a rollicking start and lost the plot towards the end as they went down to New Zealand by nine runs in a warm-up match ahead of the World Twenty20 at Lord's on Monday. Chasing 171 for victory, India rode on sterling knocks from Rohit Sharma (36), Suresh Raina (45) and Ravindra Jadeja (41 not out) to cruise to what seemed an imminent win before eventually ending up with 161 for six in their 20 overs.
Former India player and Delhi Daredevils' Director of Operations, T A Sekar said the just-concluded Indian Premier League II in South Africa will act as a confidence booster for defending champions India in the ICC World Twenty20 in England starting June 5.
Chopra also said that of all the eight franchises currently in the IPL, CSK is the one that needs a mega auction to happen ahead of the next year's IPL. Currently, it is not known whether CSK will stick to the players which played this year.
The IPL pricing so far has been extremely irrational, and one expects franchise owners to correct this in subsequent years.
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.
