Suresh Raina Height, Age, Girlfriend, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

Suresh Raina Height, Age, Girlfriend, Wife, Children, Family, Biography and more

Bio / Wiki

Full Name: Suresh Kumar Raina
Nickname (s): Sanu, Sonu
Profession: Indian Cricketer (batsman)

Physical stats and more

Height (approx.)
in centimeters- 173 cm
in meters- 1.73 m
in Feet Inches- 5’ 8”
Weight (approx.)
in Kilograms- 73 kg
in Pounds- 161 lbs
Eye Colour : Dark Brown
Hair Colour : Black

Cricket

International Debut
ODI- 30 July 2005 against Sri Lanka at Dambulla
Test- 26 July 2010 against Sri Lanka at Colombo 
T20 - 1 December 2006 against South Africa at Johannesburg

International Retirement : 15 August 2020 
Coach / Mentor: Deepak Sharma, SP Krishnan
Jersey Numbers: # 3 & # 48 (India) 
# 3 (IPL)
Home / State Team: Chennai Super Kings, Gujarat Lions, India Blue, Uttar Pradesh
Nature Fields :
Like playing against calm : Pakistan
Favorite shot: Pull shot

Records (main ones)

•  First Indian cricketer to score a century in all 3 formats (Test, ODI, T20).

 • Second youngest player to be elected as Indian captain.

 • Played most ODIs before making his Test debut, which is a record.

 • First player to score 3000 runs in IPL.

 • First cricketer to score 400+ runs in all editions of Indian Premier League (IPL 9-2016).

 • First Indian and second in the world to hit 100 sixes in IPL.

 • The third batsman in the world to score a century in T20 Internationals; The other two are Brendon McCullum and Chris Gayle.

 Career turning point: At the age of 15, Raina was spotted by the Indian selectors when he was playing for Uttar Pradesh's Under-16s and was drafted to England's Under-19s India, where he Had scored 2 runs and scored a half century. .

Personal life
27 November 1986: Date of birth
(as of 2020) Age: 34 years
Place of birth: Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius
sign

Nationality: Indian
hometown: Rajnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
College: Government Sports College, Lucknow

family

Father : Tirlokchand Raina (Retired Army Officer)
Mother : Parvesh Raina

Brothers : Naresh Raina, Mukesh Raina, Dinesh Raina (all elder)

Sister : Renu Raina (Elder)

Girls, Family and More
Marital Status: Married

Affairs / Girlfriends
Poorna Patel (daughter of politician Praful Patel, rumored)

Shruti Haasan (Actress, rumor)

Priyanka Choudhary

Wife / Spouse: Priyanka Choudhary (M.2015-Present) 

Marriage date: 3 April 2015

Children's
Daughter - Garcia Raina 

Son - N / A

Religion : Hinduism
Address: Sector 11, Rajnagar, Ghaziabad

C-27, Sector 50, Noida

Controversy
• In 2012, a sarcastic tweet was directed to the Pakistan cricket team, who were forced out of the tournament after losing to Sri Lanka in the semi-finals, "a couple days late Gehe Ghar !!!! Woh Bhi Tohram Ki Torah Gay… Bye  By Pakistan !!!!. "Shortly thereafter, the tweet was deleted after it was condemned on Twitter. Raina gave an explanation on Twitter and tweeted, accusing her nephew that" smart phone r is dangerous "  .  My nephew discovered it last night after posting a random tweet.  I am a player and will never offend. "Even though I had already removed it, I felt it was better to clarify it. For all those who are upset, excuse me. I am not going to show disrespect."

• On 20 June 2013, former IPL chief Lalit Modi alleged that Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja and Dwayne Bravo took bribe from a bookie who was also a builder while he was playing for Chennai Super Kings.

• During the 2016 T20 World Cup, he found himself amid match-fixing controversy on the eve of India's World T20 semi-final match against the West Indies in Mumbai.  According to reports, Suresh Raina was being investigated earlier by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), being involved in match-fixing, being seen with a woman who is believed to be a close associate of a bookie.

Favorite Things
Cricketers
Batsmen:  Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, MS Dhoni
Bowlers:  Muttiah Muralitharan, Glenn McGrath, Brett Lee

Cricket Ground
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
Cricket Commentator: Ravi Shastri, Nasir Hussain
Footballer: Lionel Messi
Actor: Amitabh Bachchan
Actresses: Sonali Bendre, Jessica Alba

Films
Bollywood:  Sholay, Kai Po Che, Iqbal
Hollywood:  Fault in Our Stars, Cast Away

Musicians
Kishore Kumar, Mohit Chauhan, Maroon 5, Brothers of Brandsung "Sukoon Milla" from the movie Mary Kom
: Light Blue

Food
potato curry, Tunde Kebabs, car Bentley 

Restaurant Bukhara in Delhi
Thai Pavilion in Mumbai

Destination
Italy, Greece, Ibiza

Hobby : Travel, snorkeling, water sports, paragliding

Style Quotient
Cars Collection: Porsche Boxster, Mini Cooper

Net Income
Salary (in 2016)

RETAINER FEE:  Rs. 50 Lakh ($ 95,000) 
Test FEE:  Rs. 300,000 
ODI FEE:  Rs. 200,000 
T20 FEE:  Rs 150,000
Net worth: $ 25 million

Some lesser known facts about Suresh Raina

Does Suresh Raina smoke ?: No

 Raina hails from a Kashmiri Pandit family in Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir.

 He spent most of his childhood away from home in hostels.

 He started playing professional cricket in 1999 at Sports College, Lucknow.

He was the captain of the under-16 Uttar Pradesh team.

 He has a habit of collecting his cricket batsmen and so far he has collected 250+ batsmen from his bat which was gifted to him by his father in 1998.

 He played his first Ranji Trophy game at the age of 16. After his ODI debut in 2005, he was dismissed for the 'Golden Duck' against Sri Lanka.

 During the one-day match in the Tri-Series 2013 against the West Indies, Raina and Ravindra Jadeja had dismissed Raina and Ravindra Jadeja after failing to take the catch of Sunil Narine on two occasions.

He scored a century on his Test debut. He never missed a single match for 'Chennai Super Kings'.

He has sung the song "Tu Mili Sab Mila" for the 2015 Bollywood film 'Meerutia Gangsters'.

He can play the saxophone (Woodwind Instruments).

 He tied the knot with his childhood friend Priyanka Chaudhary.

 Had he not been a cricketer, he would have been a basketball player.

 Ravindra Jadeja and Shikhar Dhawan are one of his best friends in the Indian cricket team.  He has tattooed 'Believe' on his right hand.

On 15 August 2020, he joined Mahendra Singh Dhoni when he took to his Instagram account to announce his retirement from all formats of international cricket.

Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni are best friends. He announced his retirement from international cricket when Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket. This shows their Friendship Department.