Twitter Reacts as Suresh Raina Makes a Comeback in the T20I squad against South Africa

Veteran India batsman Suresh Raina has made a comeback in the T20I squad for the South Africa series after a period of one year. He last played in India colors in the T20I series against England, the third T20I of which was played on February 1. Since then, he was left out due to several reasons.

Raina has been in superb form in the recently concluded domestic T20 tournament Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He scored a brilliant hundred against Bengal and followed it up with two fifties against Baroda and Tamil Nadu. He guided his team Uttar Pradesh to finals of the tournament, however, lost it to Delhi.

Jaydev Unadkat, who bagged a million dollar deal in the IPL auction retained his place, while the new spinning trio of Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, and Kuldeep Yadav came back to the limited overs squad.

India will play three T20I in the Rainbow Nation after the six-match ODI series.

Here is how the twitter reacted after Suresh Raina made his comeback:

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Suresh Raina having good time

Back to CSK!
Cleared Yo Yo Test!
Scored runs in domestic!
Now back to India T20 Squad!

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Suresh Raina is included in India's squad for T20Is against South Africa. Congratulations,

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Very good domestic performances gets @<!---->I<!---->m<!---->R<!---->a<!---->i<!---->n<!---->a a comeback call for the SAF t20 series.
Much deserved. Congrats.

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https://twitter.com/RajkumariJessy/status/957501589425610752

https://twitter.com/Langer_Mayanti/status/957495601565876224

Waiting for Feb 18 #<!---->I<!---->n<!---->d<!---->v<!---->s<!---->S<!---->A
Suresh Raina is back!

— Vetri Raina (@Vetri_23) J<!---->a<!---->n<!---->u<!---->a<!---->r<!---->y<!----> <!---->2<!---->8<!---->,<!----> <!---->2<!---->0<!---->1<!---->8

Look who's back in blues.. @<!---->I<!---->m<!---->R<!---->a<!---->i<!---->n<!---->a
That's some sheer determination and grit what you've shown
Welcome back champ ??

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Hardwork Pays @<!---->I<!---->m<!---->R<!---->a<!---->i<!---->n<!---->a
All The Best For The Indian Call Up!!
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— Lakshmipathy Balaji (@lakshbalaji55) J<!---->a<!---->n<!---->u<!---->a<!---->r<!---->y<!----> <!---->2<!---->8<!---->,<!----> <!---->2<!---->0<!---->1<!---->8

Suresh Raina is included in India's squad for T20Is against South Africa. Congratulations, @<!---->I<!---->m<!---->R<!---->a<!---->i<!---->n<!---->a! Welcome back.#<!---->I<!---->P<!---->L<!---->A<!---->u<!---->c<!---->t<!---->i<!---->o<!---->n

— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) J<!---->a<!---->n<!---->u<!---->a<!---->r<!---->y<!----> <!---->2<!---->8<!---->,<!----> <!---->2<!---->0<!---->1<!---->8

https://twitter.com/krishnaa9999/status/957500704104394752

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