Suresh Raina will not participate in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the first time since the tournament’s inception in 2008. Raina, who was released by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) ahead of the IPL auction, went unsold. Two day event in Bengaluru last week. Raina was part of CSK since the inaugural edition of the tournament, except for two seasons (2016 and 2017), when the franchise was banned from participating in the cash-rich league. He led the now defunct Gujarat Lions for two seasons.
After skipping the 2020 edition due to personal reasons, Suresh Raina faced a tough phase in IPL 2021, and missed the later stages of the tournament due to a knee injury.
Former New Zealand cricketer Simon said after Raina remained unsold in the auction Dole Listed “two to three” reasons that prompted CSK, as well as other franchises, to ignore the veteran batsman in the auctions.
“There are two to three parts to it. He has lost his loyalty to the UAE, we don’t need to go on (and talk about) why that was. There is a lot of speculation about it. He has lost his loyalty to the team. And she lost MS Dhoni’s loyalty. Once you do that, your chances of getting back are very slim.” Dole said during the conversation cricbuzz,
Raina, who announced his international retirement on the same day as Dhoni, is the fourth all-time run-scorer in the IPL with 5,528 runs in 205 matches.
Raina won four IPL titles with CSK including last season.
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CSK, on the other hand, have again made a strong team by holding on to some of their proven performers like Dwayne Bravo, Deepak Chahar, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu.
The four-time winners will be led by MS Dhoni, who was retained along with Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali and Ravindra Jadeja ahead of the auction.
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