MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina had been two constants in India’s middle-order in white-ball cricket for a long time. The iconic duo added many match-winning partnerships together, often coming to India’s rescue when the top order would fail to fire.
The two played 73 innings together, in which they amassed 3585 runs at an average of 56.90.
Dhoni and Raina also lifted the 2011 World Cup together, when India beat Sri Lanka in a tense final.
Raina was also part of the team when Dhoni captained India to the Champions Trophy triumph in England two years later.
Overall, the southpaw played 18 Tests, 226 ODIs and 78 T20Is scoring almost 9000 runs in his international career. When it comes to the shortest format of the game, the left-handed batsman is literally a beast and loves taking the attack to the opposition. This is the reason why he is termed as Mr IPL.
In a whopping 193 IPL matches, Raina has clubbed 5368 runs while mostly batting at number three and is only second to Virat Kohli in the list of highest run-getters. The fans on social media, along with Dhoni, also congratulated Raina for a successful career and it is clear that they will miss him too. Moreover, they slammed the BCCI for not tweeted anything for the man who served Indian cricket for over 13 years.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Dear @BCCI what have you done ?
Or rather why haven't you done a post yet on Raina ?For the Champion who played those fantastic valuable knocks in the middle order and played his role in the all important #CWC11 win!
If you enjoy the WC11 win, you got to do it for @ImRaina
— Prabhu (@Cricprabhu) August 16, 2020
Even @ICC have shown a respect to this selfless man.
Foreigners and overseas team management given tribute to himBut @BCCI has not even mentioned his name.@ImRaina is not a legend but has done something to his team and made us proud.
Shame on u #ShameonBCCI #ThankYouRaina pic.twitter.com/HGugiNgvuY— praveen raina (@Praveen_raina_) August 16, 2020
@BCCI
Suresh Raina has also played for India
Yesterday he too announced his retirement
Kindly show some respect to him too🙂#RainaRetirement— AYUSH | ICT🇮🇳 (@Ayush_Khedkar45) August 16, 2020
Not even a single tweet for @ImRaina retirement .. it's unfair to treat a player who plays india for 15 years.. really shame on u 💔🚶#shameonbcci
— praveen raina (@Praveen_raina_) August 16, 2020
https://twitter.com/in7smemory/status/1294895427901198337
I absolutely hate @BCCI with a passion. Raina has also retired but they have not tweeted or retweeted anything about him at all, instead it's all about dhoni. @ImRaina is also a legend of indian cricket. Show some respect please🙏
— SB™🫡 (@Shubhaom33) August 16, 2020
https://twitter.com/Inevitableleo/status/1294895899823333386
https://twitter.com/ThangamV19/status/1294896059445940224
@BCCI haven't tweeted anything till now on Suresh Raina's retirement.Also didn't retweet others cricketer's tweet on Raina's retirement.#ShameOnBCCI
— VA (@mind_flayer_1) August 16, 2020
In the heat of moment of dhonis's retirement, bcci has forgot that there is a player named suresh Raina and he's also retired yesterday. What a shame @BCCI
— Mahi (@i_stanKohli18) August 16, 2020
Can u tweet about Raina also because he also Announced Retirement From Cricket
Wrost Thing , Respect all players
Head of BCCI 👏👏🤦#RainaRetirement #DhoniRetires https://t.co/Qwm18h0wQm
— NARESH👊 (@NareshAK_) August 16, 2020
MS Dhoni's international cricket journey started in 2004 at Chittagong against Bangladesh where he became India's 157th ODI cricketer.#ThankYouMSDhoni pic.twitter.com/oPBjclVFSX
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 16, 2020
