3 Teams Which Can Target Suresh Raina In IPL 2022

Veteran Indian batsman, Suresh Raina, has been at the helm of all that has happened with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) throughout its stint in the Indian Premier League. Missing out on the action in IPL 2021, Raina was once again finding the middle of his bat in this year’s IPL as he marked his comeback with a brilliant half-century.

However, IPL 2021 was postponed by BCCI after Covid-19 breached the bio-bubble of teams and several players were affected by the disease. BCCI has said that doors are still open for the remaining matches of IPL 2021, however, BCCI will find it hard to find a window for IPL 2021 this year due to the busy schedule of the Indian team. Also, the unavailability of overseas players will also be a major challenge for the same.

Therefore, the continuation of IPL 2021 is less likely, and Indian cricket fans will have to wait for IPL 2022 to enjoy the craze of the Indian Premier League.

Talking about IPL 2022, the tournament will witness a mega auction before its start. IPL mega auctions shuffle a lot of players and teams go through many changes during mega auctions. According to the rules, every team is allowed to retain only 5 players out of which 1 is an overseas player. Looking at the current squad of Chennai Super Kings, the franchise is expected to retain young guns like Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, and Sam Curran. The team can also use the Right to Match (RTM) card for Deepak Chahar and MS Dhoni.

In such a situation, Suresh Raina might be compromised by Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2022 mega auctions. Moreover, CSK pays whopping Rs. 11 crores to Raina for every IPL contract and the left-handed batsman has also retired from international cricket so he does not play continuous cricket. In such a case, many other franchises will seek to buy Suresh Raina. Here we take a look at 3 teams that can target Suresh Raina in IPL 2021.

3 Teams Which Can Target Suresh Raina In IPL 2022

Rajasthan Royals

Rajasthan Royals is a team that has a lot of youngsters in the squad. Sanju Samson is Rajasthan Royals skipper and the franchise has young guns like Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chetan Sakariya, Shreyas Gopal among others. They might look to buy Suresh Raina because of his enormous experience in the Indian Premier League as well as international cricket.

A senior player will be very useful for Rajasthan Royals, which has suffered from performing nicely in the last two editions along with IPL 2021. So, Rajasthan Royals is one team that can target Suresh Raina in IPL 2022.

Punjab Kings

Punjab Kings is another team that can target Suresh Raina in the next edition of IPL. Punjab Kings skipper and opener KL Rahul is a magnificent batsman. He was the second-highest run-scorer in IPL 2021. However, Punjab Kings’ middle-order suffered a lot and they failed to score big in few games. Therefore, Punjab Kings might plan to get a brilliant middle-order batsman like Suresh Raina in the squad and they might opt to buy him.

Moreover, Punjab Kings spent huge amounts to buy several players during the IPL 2021 auction but most of them disappointed with their performance in IPL 2021. As a result, Punjab Kings will seek to buy other players and Suresh Raina will be in their minds.

Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata Knight Riders suffered a lot in the batting department during IPL 2021. Their middle-order continuously failed to score runs due to which they also lost few games. Kolkata Knight Riders did not go through many changes in IPL 2021 but after their poor show in IPL 2021, the franchise will look to replace a lot of players.

Suresh Raina will give great depth to KKR’s batting in the middle-order. Therefore, Kolkata Knight Riders is another team that can target Suresh Raina in IPL 2022.