The Test record is dated through 2015-01-06 and is not blended with white-ball totals.
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Suresh Raina: Biography, Career Stats and Records
Middle-order batter
Suresh Raina entered India’s ODI team in July 2005 and became a left-handed middle-order option known for quick scoring, fielding and part-time off-spin. His longest international record came in ODIs, where he played 226 matches and scored 5,615 runs.
Career recordIndia men’s international cricketer.Format totals are separated and dated to the latest match shown in the table.
- Full name
- Suresh Kumar Raina
- Born
- Birthplace
- Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Batting
- Left-hand bat
- Bowling
- Right-arm offbreak
- Record reviewed
- 7 Sep 2026
Career overview
How the India career developed.
This overview connects role, debuts and format context using the dated records listed below.
Suresh Raina entered India’s ODI team in July 2005 and became a left-handed middle-order option known for quick scoring, fielding and part-time off-spin. His longest international record came in ODIs, where he played 226 matches and scored 5,615 runs.
Raina was part of India’s 2011 World Cup-winning squad and contributed important unbeaten innings in the knockout matches against Australia and Pakistan. He also became the first Indian man to score a century in Tests, ODIs and T20Is.
His Test career lasted 18 matches, while the shorter formats better matched his middle-order role. The separate tables show that contrast and retain the exact final-match dates for every format.
Career timeline
Debuts and defining checkpoints.
Dates identify source-supported debuts and selected milestones. The list is not a claim to cover every match or domestic season.
ODI debut
Made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka.
T20I debut
Made his T20I debut against South Africa.
T20I hundred
Completed the set of international hundreds across Tests, ODIs and T20Is.
Test debut
Made a century on Test debut against Sri Lanka.
Format lens
Read each format on its own terms.
Short context cards explain what the dated figures do—and do not—show.
The ODI record is dated through 2018-07-17 and reflects only senior India one-day internationals.
The T20I record is dated through 2018-07-08 and excludes franchise T20 matches.
International statistics
Tests, ODIs and T20Is separated.
Career totals use the latest match date shown by the checked player record. Formats may have different snapshot dates.
| Format | Matches | Runs | 100s | 50s | Wickets | Through |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 18 | 768 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 6 Jan 2015 |
| ODIs | 226 | 5,615 | 5 | 36 | 36 | 17 Jul 2018 |
| T20Is | 78 | 1,604 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 8 Jul 2018 |
These are format-specific snapshots, not one combined career number. A format without a debut is stated plainly instead of displaying a misleading zero-match career.
Selected milestones
Context behind the record.
Each item was retained only when the checked player records or event sources supported it. This is a focused list, not an exhaustive record book.
- 01
First Indian man to score an international century in Tests, ODIs and T20Is.
- 02
Scored 5,615 runs in 226 ODIs.
- 03
Made a Test century on debut against Sri Lanka in July 2010.
- 04
Was part of India’s title-winning 2011 ODI World Cup squad.
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Photo credit
Suresh Raina portrait
Photo: Bollywood Hungama. Wikimedia Commons file. CC BY 3.0. Cropped to a square portrait and converted to WebP for the local archive preview.
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