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The backbone of Indian middle-order batting, the match-winner, the 'Arjun' of team India's 'Karan-Arjun', the reason for a billion hopes and MSD's best friend Suresh Raina celebrates his 33rd birthday today!
Nostalgia hits hard when the middle-order fails to score and a 'Raina-less' team stumbles to defend a low total on score-board.
Anyways, trying to brush off the disappointments of Raina not getting selected in the T20 squad for upcoming T20 series against WI *Ye Bik Gayi Hai BCCI*
Let's get to Raina a little better on his birthday. Here are some lesser-known facts about him:
- The second-youngest player ever to captain India and the first Indian batsman to hit a century in all three formats of International Cricket, there's an interesting story about Raina's Test debut!
The destructive left-hander scored a century on his Test debut against India's southern neighbours, and that remains his only century in the longest format of the game to date.
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*We feel you, Raina, we do*
<figcaption class="pl-caption>Via: DNA India
- Raina can even sing! He went on to sing a song for a 2015 Bollywood film named ‘Meeruthiya Gangsters’; it is a romantic number titled ‘Tu Mili Sab Mila’
*Could you be any more dreamy?*
So these were some unknown facts about Suresh Raina. We wish him a very Happy Birthday and hope to see him hitting boundaries over boundaries soon!
We miss you, Raina!
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