Suresh Raina Undergoes Knee Surgery, Out For Better Part Of Domestic

Veteran India batsman Suresh Raina underwent a knee surgery on Friday and will be out of action for the next four to six weeks

The BCCI's official Twitter handle posted the news that veteran batsman Suresh Raina underwent a knee surgery on Friday and will be out of action for the next four to six weeks. The star batsman will not take part in the initial phase of upcoming domestic season. Raina last played for India back in 2018 against England in an 50-overs encounter. "Mr Suresh Raina underwent a knee surgery where he had been facing discomfort for the last few months. The surgery has been successful and it will require him 4-6 week of rehab for recovery. We wish him a speedy recovery," the tweet read.

Mr Suresh Raina underwent a knee surgery where he had been facing discomfort for the last few months. The surgery has been successful and it will require him 4-6 week of rehab for recovery.

We wish him a speedy recovery 🙏 pic.twitter.com/osOHnFLqpB — BCCI (@BCCI) August 9, 2019

  "Mr Suresh Raina went through a surgery for his knee where he is been facing discomfort for last few months. The surgery is been successful and it will require him 4-6 weeks of rehab for recovery," Raina's Dutch surgeon Dr H Van der Hoeven was quoted as saying. Raina has played 18 Tests, 226 ODIs for India amassing 768 and 5,615 runs respectively. He also featured in 78 T20Is games where he gathered 1605 runs. Raina was last seen in action during the 2019 Indian Premier League (IPL) where he scored 383 runs in 17 matches for Chennai Super Kings. In the tournament, Raina managed to score three half-centuries. (With ANI inputs)