Suresh Raina Follows MS Dhoni, Announces Retirement From International Cricket

Raina took to Instagram, saying: “It was nothing but lovely playing with you, @mahi7781. With my heart full of pride, I choose to join you in your journey. Thank you India. Jai Hind.”

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Within less than an hour former India captain MS Dhoni decided to hang up his boots, one of team India's best limited-overs batsman Suresh Raina also took to social media to announce retirement from international cricket as he posted a picture with his CSK teammates on social media. Raina is currently in Chennai to take part in the six-day training camp for the upcoming 13th edition of IPL. Both Raina and Dhoni will be seen playing for CSK in the 13th edition of the cash-rich T20 League, scheduled to take place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from September 19 and will end on September 10. Raina took to Instagram, saying: “It was nothing but lovely playing with you, @mahi7781. With my heart full of pride, I choose to join you in your journey. Thank you India. Jai Hind.”

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It was nothing but lovely playing with you, @mahi7781 . With my heart full of pride, I choose to join you in this journey. Thank you India. Jai Hind! ????????

A post shared by Suresh Raina (@sureshraina3) on Aug 15, 2020 at 7:36am PDT

Team India's star batsman is among the few who have scored a ton across all formats of the game. Raina, who became the first-ever Indian cricketer to score a hundred in T20 international cricket, has played most of his games under captaincy of MS Dhoni. In his illustrious career, Raina scored 5,615 runs in 226 ODI matches, which included five centuries and 1,605 runs, including one century in 78 T20Is. Raina is also considered as one of the best Indian fielders to have ever played the game of cricket. It was under Dhoni's captaincy, Raina won the 2011 World Cup and the 2013 Champions Trophy. ALSO WATCH |  Along with MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina also says goodbye to International Cricket