IPL 2022 Mega Auction was a blast and the team spent crores to buy many players. However, many legendary cricket stars had been neglected in the TATA IPL 2022 Auction. One of these players was also named after veteran former India left-handed batter Suresh Raina.
Suresh Raina is popularly known as Mr IPL who used to play for CSK in IPL. He never had such a bad time that he could not find any buyer out of the 10 teams. Even his side CSK did not buy him. Now Raina has publicly made a big appeal to the BCCI.
Raina appeals to BCCI
Suresh Raina has appealed to BCCI after remaining unsold in IPL Mega Auction. While sharing a video, Raina said that BCCI should at least allow players not playing international cricket to play outside leagues.
A video of Raina is becoming fiercely viral on social media, in which he said, ‘We played wherever we want. Even when you are not in IPL and International cricket.
Nowadays there is international level competition in domestic cricket as well. If we play quality cricket for a few months, be it CPL or BBL, it will look like we are ready now. You see that all the players outside play. Then the players make a comeback for their country. We do not have any other plan either.
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CSK ignores Raina
Former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina did not sell among the ten franchise teams in the IPL 2022 mega auction here on Sunday. The veteran batsman, who had a base price of Rs 2 crore after going unsold on the first day, was ignored by the franchise even on the last day of the auction, which meant that Raina (Suresh Raina) went unsold in the IPL auction for the first time. Even his team CSK did not bid on him. Suresh Raina is a very strong player.
Involved in CSK since 2008
Suresh Raina was associated with Chennai Super King in 2008. He won many matches for CSK on his own. Raina has always proved his worthwhile playing at number 3 for the yellow army in IPL. His records speak more about him when he was a part of the team. Raina has always been paired with CSK skipper MS Dhoni in IPL.
In the history of IPL, he is at number four in terms of scoring the most runs. Raina has scored 5528 runs in 205 matches in IPL history. This makes him 4th highest run-getter in IPL history Only Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma are ahead of them.