Former India cricketer Suresh Raina turns 35 today. From playing in the streets of Uttar Pradesh’s Murad Nagar to performing on the international stage, Raina had a fascinating journey. At the time when Raina made his international debut in 2005, very few players from Uttar Pradesh had played international cricket, but that was about to change. Raina slowly secured his position in the Indian middle order in limited overs cricket. Raina became an inspiration for every aspiring cricketer. 

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Born on November 27, 1986, Raina is celebrating his 35th birthday today. Apart from his fans, former and current cricketers also wished Raina on Twitter. Here are some of the birthday wishes for Raina.

Star Sports India in their tweet wrote, “Here’s wishing the man who revolutionized white-ball cricket with his exemplary fielding and batting, @ImRaina on his special day!”

Raina is an aggressive middle-order left-hand batsman and an occasional off-spin bowler, he is also regarded as one of the best fielders in international cricket. He played 322 international matches for India. He made his debut against Sri Lanka in an ODI in 2005 and announced his retirement from international cricket in August 2020. 

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Throughout his 13-year-long international career, he played many crucial innings, including a couple of them in the knockouts of India’s victorious 2011 campaign. Raina became the first Indian cricketer to score centuries in all three formats of international cricket when he smashed a hundred on his Test debut. Raina has scored a total of six centuries and 48 half-centuries in international cricket.

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Often called Mr IPL, in 205 matches in the IPL, he scored 5,528 runs. Raina holds fourth position in the list of all-time scorers in the competition. With an average of 33.34, he has hit 38 fifties and one century, with an overall strike rate of 137.14.