Twitter Goes Wild As Suresh Raina Regains Form With A Stunning Hundred
At a time when the whole country is gearing up for the much-anticipated mega-auction of the Indian Premier League, discarded India batsman Suresh Raina roared back to form with a stunning century for Uttar Pradesh against Bengal in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 trophy.
The southpaw, who last played for India during the T20 series against England on February 1 last year, had endured a terrible time with the bat in the last Ranji Trophy and was going through a similar form in the ongoing tournament. After scoring just 105 runs in 5 Ranji Trophy games, the southpaw started the T20 tournament in the same form, managing just 56 runs in 5 matches. However, Raina found his mojo back on Monday (January 22) and blew away Bengal with an unbeaten whirlwind knock of 126.
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Raina, who hasn’t made a century in first-class cricket since November 2015, scored his fifty off just 22 balls and went on to complete his century in 49 balls. The 126-run knock came off just 59 balls and was studded with 13 fours and 7 huge sixes. The skipper was well supported by Akshdeep Nath who scored 80 off 43 as Uttar Pradesh scored a mammoth 235 for 3 in the allotted 20 overs.
Meanwhile, the fans and others were delighted to see Raina regaining his form and expressed their feelings on Twitter. Here are some of the reactions:
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This man proved "never give up"
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Pic.1 Suresh Raina rest of the year
Pic.2 Suresh Raina during IPL/T20 season#<!---->M<!---->u<!---->s<!---->h<!---->t<!---->a<!---->q<!---->A<!---->l<!---->i<!---->T<!---->2<!---->0 #<!---->B<!---->E<!---->N<!---->v<!---->U<!---->P p<!---->i<!---->c<!---->.<!---->t<!---->w<!---->i<!---->t<!---->t<!---->e<!---->r<!---->.<!---->c<!---->o<!---->m<!---->/<!---->7<!---->T<!---->n<!---->u<!---->c<!---->m<!---->e<!---->R<!---->r<!---->S— Babu Chhapri (@Imamol97) J<!---->a<!---->n<!---->u<!---->a<!---->r<!---->y<!----> <!---->2<!---->2<!---->,<!----> <!---->2<!---->0<!---->1<!---->8
Now this is the Suresh Raina we know and love! #<!---->S<!---->y<!---->e<!---->d<!---->M<!---->u<!---->s<!---->h<!---->t<!---->a<!---->q<!---->A<!---->l<!---->i<!---->T<!---->r<!---->o<!---->p<!---->h<!---->y
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SURESH RAINA
A century in World T20 ✅
A century in IPL T20 ✅
A century in CL T20 ✅
A century in Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 ✅#<!---->M<!---->u<!---->s<!---->h<!---->t<!---->a<!---->q<!---->A<!---->l<!---->i<!---->T<!---->2<!---->0 #<!---->B<!---->E<!---->N<!---->v<!---->U<!---->P— akash dhaliwal708 (@imAkash70) J<!---->a<!---->n<!---->u<!---->a<!---->r<!---->y<!----> <!---->2<!---->2<!---->,<!----> <!---->2<!---->0<!---->1<!---->8
126* in 59 balls, Suresh Raina back in form? ? #<!---->S<!---->y<!---->e<!---->d<!---->M<!---->u<!---->s<!---->h<!---->t<!---->a<!---->q<!---->A<!---->l<!---->i<!---->T<!---->r<!---->o<!---->p<!---->h<!---->y
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SURESH RAINA's 126* is now the highest individual score in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 history surpassing Unmukt Chand's 125 in 2013.
UTTAR PRADESH's 235/3 is also the 2nd highest total in the tournament's history behind Delhi's 236/9 in 2016.#<!---->M<!---->u<!---->s<!---->h<!---->t<!---->a<!---->q<!---->A<!---->l<!---->i<!---->T<!---->2<!---->0 #<!---->B<!---->E<!---->N<!---->v<!---->U<!---->P
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CHAMPIONS never up !! Chinna Thala @<!---->I<!---->m<!---->R<!---->a<!---->i<!---->n<!---->a proves once again why he is a ? in the shorter format of the game. Brilliant ? ??
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Suresh Raina in last 4 months (Ranji Trophy & Syed Mustaq T20)
6, 29, 0, 5, 10, 16, 6, 33, 0, 13, 1, 26, 2, 13
160 in 14 innings
Today
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