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Suresh Raina

On scorecards: SK Raina · Right-hand bat

13
Seasons
204
Matches
5,536
Runs
SR 136.8
25
Wickets
econ 7.39
4
Titles
14
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2008 to 2021 · Sources

Suresh Raina, an all-rounder, played thirteen IPL seasons for two franchises, and scored 5,536 runs, the 6th-most in IPL history. Four titles came along the way.

The arrival

Suresh Raina arrived through the auction: Chennai Super Kings paid ₹2.60 cr (US$650k), against a base price of ₹50 lakh, at the very first IPL auction.

That first season brought 16 matches, 421 runs and 1 wicket.

The peak

The high point with the bat was 2013, for Chennai Super Kings: 548 runs at an average of 42.2, striking at 150.1 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 121.5, with 1 hundred and 4 fifties, and a highest score of 100 not out. There were nine seasons of 400 runs or more in all (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2018).

With the ball, the best season was 2009, for Chennai Super Kings: 7 wickets at 5.93 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.28, with best figures of 2 for 17.

Franchise by franchise

2008 to 2015, Chennai Super Kings. Bought at the 2008 auction for ₹2.60 cr. 131 matches, 3,707 runs and 24 wickets; champions in 2010 and 2011.

2016 to 2017, Gujarat Lions. Arrived outside the auction. 29 matches, 841 runs and 1 wicket; captain in 2016 and 2017.

2018 to 2021, Chennai Super Kings, second time round. Back outside the auction. 44 matches and 988 runs; champions in 2018 and 2021.

3 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Chennai Super Kings, 2008 to 2015. 2020 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.

Bat, ball and method

Across the career, Suresh Raina struck at 136.8. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 128.0, so Suresh Raina scored about 9 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 59% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 506 fours and 204 sixes.

The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 33% of the balls Suresh Raina faced were dot balls, a lower share than 80% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 19.8 balls, and a four every 8.

With the ball, 25 wickets in 908 deliveries, at 7.39 runs an over against a league rate of 7.77 for the same seasons: 0.38 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time.

30.8% of the balls Suresh Raina bowled were dots, a lower share than 90% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 36.3 balls.

The fielding record: 106 catches and 13 run-outs.

At the auction

Suresh Raina went under the hammer twice, bought once and left unsold once. The price was ₹2.60 cr (US$650k), paid by Chennai Super Kings in 2008, more than 5 times the base price.

Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.

The legacy

On the all-time IPL lists, among 810 players, Suresh Raina finished 6th for runs, 11th for matches played, 12th for sixes and 13th for player-of-the-match awards.

Season by season

Batting, bowling and fielding for each IPL season. SR is strike rate, Econ runs per over, POTM player-of-the-match awards; * not out.
SeasonTeamMRunsHSAvgSR50/100WktsEconBestCtPOTM
2008Chennai Super Kings1642155*38.3142.73/019.001/20101
2009Chennai Super Kings144349831.0140.92/075.932/1771
2010Chennai Super Kings1652883*44.0143.94/067.471/0102Champions
2011Chennai Super Kings1643873*31.3134.84/047.312/031Champions
2012Chennai Super Kings184417325.9135.71/027.501/5101
2013Chennai Super Kings18548100*42.2150.14/1111.501/4102
2014Chennai Super Kings165238740.2145.75/017.441/17122
2015Chennai Super Kings173746224.9122.62/027.751/29102
2016Gujarat Lions153997528.5127.93/008.20-71Captain
2017Gujarat Lions144428440.2144.03/018.501/1141Captain
2018Chennai Super Kings1544575*37.1132.44/0–––9Champions
2019Chennai Super Kings173835923.9122.03/006.00-7
2021Chennai Super Kings121605417.8125.01/0–––7Champions

Franchise journey

Ball-by-ball detail

Career totals from ball-by-ball data, not split by season; included only where they agree exactly with the runs and wickets on this page.
MetricValue
Dot balls faced33%
Balls per four8
Balls per six19.8
Dot balls bowled30.8%
Balls per wicket36.3
Catches106
Run-outs13
Stumpings0

At the auction

From the IPL auction archive; prices in lakh and crore of rupees, with the US dollar price for the auctions that were conducted in dollars (2008 to 2013).
AuctionSetBase priceResult
2008Set G₹50 lakhSold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹2.60 cr (US$650k)
2022–₹2 crUnsold

Sources