Suresh Raina

Suresh Raina ( pronunciation ; born 27 November 1986) is an Indian professional cricketer. A left-handed middle-order batsman and an occasional off-spin bowler; he plays for Uttar Pradesh in all forms of domestic cricket and is the captain of Gujarat Lionsin the Indian Premier League. He has also captained the Indian cricket team and is the second youngest player to captain India. He is one of two Indian batsmen to ever score a century in all three formats of international cricket.

Raina made his ODI debut in 2005 against Sri Lanka at the age of 19. However, his Test debut came only five years later, in 2010, against the same opposition. He scored a hundred on his Test debut. He was a part of the Indian squad that won the 2011 World Cup.

Early and personal life

Suresh's father worked in Ordnance Factory Muradnagar and mother Parvesh Raina. The Raina family - which belongs to the up community - moved in the 1980s from the Rainawari area of Srinagar, Kashmir, to Muradnagar, Ghaziabad district in Uttar Pradesh. He lives in Rajnagar, a town in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. He has three older brothers Dinesh Raina, Naresh Raina and Mukesh Raina and one elder sister Renu. An article by Suresh Raina was featured in the 2012 book Rahul Dravid: Timeless Steel. Suresh Raina married Priyanka Chaudhary on April 3, 2015. Suresh Raina has lent his voice to the soundtrack of the film Meeruthiya Gangster.