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This Day That Year: Suresh Raina scores his maiden T20I and IPL century

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Suresh Raina made his T20I debut for India on December 1 st , 2006 against South Africa. He was a part of the Indian Cricket Team which yielded brilliant results. The left-handed batsman played his last T20I match against England on 8 th July at Bristol. Raina has been a part of the Chennai Super Kings side since the start. He played a key role in helping CSK win matches with his brilliant batting. Coming at number 3, he made sure that he guided the most successful side in IPL history to qualify for the playoffs stage every time. T20I century Suresh Raina became the first Indian to score a T20I century in the 2010 World T20 Group C game against South Africa played on 2 nd May 2010 at Gros Islet, St Lucia. In that match, South African captain Graeme Smith won the toss and decided to field first. It was not an ideal start for India as they an early wicket of Murali Vijay in the first over. Suresh Raina came to the crease and given a reprieve as he was caught off a no-ball. Din...

Virat Kohli performance in 2019

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Virat Kohli had another brilliant year of cricket in 2019 across all formats. He is the only Indian to be in top 10 rankings which shows his consistency. After a match winning 85 off 81 balls in the 3 rd ODI match against West Indies, the Indian captain ended the year with 2455 runs. Since 2016, Kohli has finished as the leading run getter across all formats. The Indian captain is currently the number 1 Test and ODI batsman in the world while number 10 th in the latest ICC T20I rankings. Kohli hunger to score big runs and help Team India win matches across all formats. His match winning performances while chasing down targets makes him a special batsman. He is only batsman to average 50 plus in all formats. Here we look at the Virat Kohli performance in 2019 across all formats. 1.        One day internationals Virat Kohli finished as the 2 nd leading run getter in One day internationals behind Rohit Sharma. He played a total of 26 ma...