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.

From one left hander to another. In the former Captain @SGanguly99’s presence, @ImRaina hits a 49-ball century #BENvUP pic.twitter.com/knqpuixutZ

— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) January 22, 2018

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:

Before this game: Ek Tha Raina
After this game: Raina Zinda Hai ??? #BENvUP

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) January 22, 2018

This man proved "never give up"
Congratulations champ @ImRaina
This is just trailer, film yet to come @ChennaiIPL ? #BENvUP pic.twitter.com/QSWHIi3E62

— Maaz Khan (@maddymaaaz) January 22, 2018

Pic.1 Suresh Raina rest of the year
Pic.2 Suresh Raina during IPL/T20 season#MushtaqAliT20 #BENvUP pic.twitter.com/7TnucmeRrS

— Babu Chhapri (@Imamol97) January 22, 2018

Now this is the Suresh Raina we know and love! #SyedMushtaqAliTrophy

— Yutika_M (@Yutika11) January 22, 2018

@ImRaina great batting waiting for this from past six months..be yourself and believe in yourself..lot's of love #UPvsBengal @BCCI this man is in form don't ignore him

— Srikar Beernelly (@sbeernelly) January 22, 2018

SURESH RAINA

A century in World T20 ✅
A century in IPL T20 ✅
A century in CL T20 ✅
A century in Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 ✅#MushtaqAliT20 #BENvUP

— akash dhaliwal708 (@imAkash70) January 22, 2018

126* in 59 balls, Suresh Raina back in form? ? #SyedMushtaqAliTrophy

— Shubh AggarWall (@shubh_chintak) January 22, 2018

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.#MushtaqAliT20 #BENvUP

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) January 22, 2018

CHAMPIONS never up !! Chinna Thala @ImRaina proves once again why he is a ? in the shorter format of the game. Brilliant ? ??

Looking forward to more fireworks ?in the coming months for @ChennaiIPL #WhistlePodu pic.twitter.com/dtLnI3rVZI

— Lakshmi Narayanan (@lakshuakku) January 22, 2018

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
126*

— Merin Kumar ™ (@merin_kumar) January 22, 2018