Suresh Raina, enjoying his first aggressive match in over a yr, stole all of the limelight, scoring a brisk half-century for Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) in opposition to Delhi Capitals in Mumbai on Saturday. The left-handed batsman, who had pulled out of IPL final yr on account of private causes, began off slowly however quickly modified gears hitting Delhi Capitals bowlers, particularly spinners, to all components of the floor. Raina walked into bat when CSK had been in deep state of hassle, having misplaced each openers with solely seven runs on the board. Raina batted cautiously and stitched a stable 53-run stand with England all-rounder Moeen Ali, who scored 36 off 24 balls.
Raina introduced up his half-century in an excellent style, smashing a Marcus Stoinis supply over cow nook for an enormous six. His knock was studded with three fours and 4 maximums. He placed on a 63-run stand for the fourth wicket with Ambati Rayudu, placing put CSK’s innings again on observe.
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Having bossed the Delhi bowlers on his method to his fifty, Raina was run out in an unlucky method after scoring 54 runs off 36 balls after a mix-up with Ravindra Jadeja within the sixteenth over of the innings.
Delighted with Raina’s superlative knock, specialists and CSK followers and took to Twitter to reward the star batsman, whose absence was felt immensely within the final version with franchise ending second from backside — their worst-ever efficiency.
Tremendous Raina king @ChennaiIPL effectively performed China thala
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) April 10, 2021
From Ek Tha Raina To Raina Zinda Hai…. #IPL2021 #CSK #CSKvDC
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 10, 2021
Raina in full stream is a deal with to look at! 50 on his return.#IPL2021
— Abhinav mukund (@mukundabhinav) April 10, 2021
Raina, regardless of lacking one total season, remains to be the second-most profitable batsman within the event’s historical past with 5,442 runs from 194 matches, solely behind RCB skipper Virat Kohli who has 5,911 runs.
