Happy Birthday Suresh Raina: Former Indian cricketer and Mr. IPL, Suresh Raina, popularly known by nicknames like Chinna Thala, is celebrating his 38th birthday today on 27th November. On this special day of the cricketer, fellow cricketers including the cricket world have been seen giving him many good wishes.

Raina, who made his debut in international cricket against Sri Lanka in 2005, had emerged as a trouble-shooter for Team India many times in his cricketing career. The fans had so much confidence in Raina’s batting that they used to say ‘Raina is still there’.

Well, through this article we are going to tell you about some special cricketing records made in international cricket including IPL by Suresh Raina, one of the best fielders in India and the world. However, the position Raina achieved in the cricket world was the result of his hard work.

It is noteworthy that Raina’s father was a worker in an ordinance factory in Muradnagar. But since childhood, Raina was very passionate about cricket. Raina came from a very poor family, but earned a lot of name and fame through his hard work.

Some special cricketing records made by Suresh Raina

• Suresh Raina is the first Indian player to score a century in the T20 World Cup.
• Raina is the first Indian player to score a century in all three formats for India.
• Raina is the highest run-scorer in the powerplay of IPL.
• Raina is the highest run-scorer in the IPL playoffs.
• Raina is the highest run scorer in the IPL final.
• Suresh Raina is the only player to have won Man of the Match (MOTM) in the Eliminator, Qualifier and Final of IPL.

A look at Suresh Raina’s cricket career

On the other hand, if we tell you about Suresh Raina’s cricket career, he has played 18 Tests, 226 ODIs and 78 T20 matches for the Indian team. During this period, the player has scored 768 Test runs at an average of 26.48, 5615 ODI runs at an average of 35.31 and a total of 1604 T20 runs at an average of 29.16. Also, Raina has scored 5528 runs in 205 IPL matches at an average of 35.52.