Suresh Kumar Raina

India take on Pakistan in the first of their respective Super 12 games on Sunday.

The Mumbai Police raided the club in Andheri in the early hours of December 22.

Raina had pulled out of this year's IPL citing personal reasons and his sudden return to India had sparked widespread speculation.

Raina's family was attacked by unidentified assailants on August 19 in Pathankot, when the all-rounder was in Chennai attending a six-day training camp.

While Suresh Raina had formally announced retirement from international cricket on August 17, he travelled to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) along with the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) contingent and was preparing to participate in IPL 2020.

In the note he wrote to Raina, PM Modi hailed his team spirit saying: “You played not for personal glory but for the glory of your team and the glory of India”.

From a very young age, I, as a small boy had literally lived Cricket on every street, gali, and nukkad of my small town before making it to the Indian team. All I have known is cricket, all I have done is cricket and it runs through my veins, Suresh Raina wrote in an Instagram post

The 33-year-old left-hander from Ghaziabad, a mean white-ball master in his own rights, probably knows that the train called 'Team India' has left the station and he will not be able to add on to his 18 Tests, 226 ODIs and 78 T20 Internationals.

Despite most of its players aged 30 or more, CSK has managed to outclass everyone else and become the fastest to reach the IPL final this year.

While Kohli is placed in the 13th spot and Dhoni in the 15th, Yuvraj and Raina have been ranked 90th and 95th respectively, said a media release here.

Suresh Raina-led from the front with a sublime half-century as laggards Gujarat Lions returned to winning ways with a comprehensive four-wicket away win over leaders Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League match on Saturday.

Gujarat Lions were the table-toppers at the end of the league stage in the last IPL, but finished third after defeats in the two Qualifiers against Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad.

The stage is set. None of the sides is willing to give an inch. Pakistan has never lost to India at the Eden Gardens, while India has never lost to Pakistan in an ICC event. To top it all, India must win to stay put in the tournament.

Ishan Kishan will join the likes of Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma who have already been signed up by the company.

Dhoni's India teammate Suresh Raina was the first preference for the other new team Rajkot, which is owned by Intex Mobiles. He will also get an identical Rs 12.5 crore by virtue of being the first player selected by the franchise.

Sharma, who is the first player to score two double- centuries in the history ODIs, will now be seen playing with a bat displaying Ceat insignia in all formats of the game, the company said in a statement.

Chasing South Africa's competitive 270 for seven, largely built around Quinton de Kock's 103 and Faf de Plessis' made a valuable 60 after South Africa elected to bat first India were cruising along comfortable before losing the plot in the last 15 overs with a flurry of wickets as they ended at 252 for six.

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India, put in to bat, put up a competitive 317 for six courtesy under-fire captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (69 runs off 77 balls) and opener Shikhar Dhawan (75 off 73)). Suresh Raina put up an all-round effort, scoring 38 before ending with career best figures of three for 45.

They say revenge is a dish best served cold. That's exactly what happened in Mirpur on Thursday.