'Stay Strong' - CSK reacts to Suresh Raina's tweet on his family

All the eyes were looking up to Chennai Super Kings as their two most prominent stars MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina, would be seen in action after retiring from international formats of cricket. Like it is said, things always don’t go as planned, and this is exactly what happened with the Yellow Army. Firstly, their 12 members from the contingent tested COVID-19 positive, including Deepak Chahar and Ruturaj Gaikwad, and it came as a major blow for the team.

The team was getting over the trauma when Suresh Raina packed bags for India and left the tournament abruptly. Reports suggested that his close relatives were attacked, and his uncle was murdered by a group of anonymous assailants in Pathankot. Other reports suggested that he was worried about his toddlers with the probable spread of COVID-19 in their camp.

However, what came as a major shocker was a report from Outlook that suggested that ‘Chinna Thala’ was in a rift with his team management over an unsuitable hotel room in UAE. CSK team owner N Srinivasan even criticized him by calling him ‘prima donna’ of the game and ‘fame has gone into his head.’ Putting all the speculations to rest, the CSK star finally spilled the beans on his return and took to Twitter.

“What happened to my family is Punjab was beyond horrible. My uncle was slaughtered to death, my bua & both my cousins had severe injuries. Unfortunately, my cousin also passed away last night after battling for life for days. My bua is still very very critical & is on life support,” Raina tweeted.

Here are his tweets

Stay strong Chinna Thala, all the #yellove to you and the family. 💛

— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) September 1, 2020

Right after he tweeted all of this, the Chennai Super Kings family stood in complete solidarity with him and wrote- “Stay strong Chinna Thala, all the #yellove to you and the family.”

Further, in his tweet, the 33-year-old also requested Punjab Police and CM Captain Amarinder Singh to get hold of those pathetic criminals as soon as possible as family deserves to know who has committed this heinous act. Raina’s absence will be strongly felt in the Yellow Army at their no. 3 position.

Till date we don’t know what exactly had happened that night & who did this. I request @PunjabPoliceInd to look into this matter. We at least deserve to know who did this heinous act to them. Those criminals should not be spared to commit more crimes. @capt_amarinder @CMOPb

— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina) September 1, 2020