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Suresh Raina, one of the most instrumental cricketers for Team India during his time at the international level, developed a great friendship with the former Indian captain MS Dhoni. The 36-year-old continues to share a great bond with the legend, after taking the field alongside him for India and Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Raina and Dhoni were two of the most successful cricketers in Indian history, securing the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2011 at home and the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 in England. In the franchise cricket, they won four IPL trophies together for Chennai Super Kings, becoming the heart and soul of the team.
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These two household cricketers also showcased their feelings of mutual admiration for each other, on and off the cricket field. Suresh Raina took his love for MS Dhoni to a whole new level, doing acts which could be considered too good to be true by many.
With that, SportsTiger looks at five times when Suresh Raina showed his love for MS Dhoni.
1. Suresh Raina wore MS Dhoni’s Test jersey after his surprise retirement in Melbourne
On December 30, 2014, MS Dhoni made a surprise announcement of retiring from Test cricket, at the conclusion of the match between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne. It led to the legend giving away his Test jersey to Suresh Raina, with the number 251 imprinted on it, to thank him for standing by his side throughout his long format career.
Then, in the next Test, beginning on January 6, 2015, the left-handed batter wore the jersey of MS Dhoni to showcase his love for the great man. This match ended up becoming the last one for Suresh Raina in his Test career, wherein he got out for a duck in both innings at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney.
