Suresh Raina practises with World Cup winning coach, Gary Kirsten

Indian batsman, Suresh Raina recently tweeted a photo of himself with former Indian head coach, Gary Kirsten. Raina is currently in Netherlands, where his wife, Priyanka is employed. The left-handed batsman, in his tweet, expressed his joy at having been able to catch up with his former coach.

30-year old Raina was last seen as a part of the Indian playing squad against New Zealand in the fifth ODI, in 2015. Incidentally, he had played under Gary Kirsten for the 2011 World Cup, which India had gone on to win. Kirsten is currently in the Netherlands for a three-day training camp with the under-17 national team.

Suresh Raina’s tweets

The stylish left-hander, who has been eyeing to make his comeback into the Indian team for quite some time now, posted two tweets, along with pictures taken with Gary Kirsten. He related his experience of practising with Kirsten and the amount of cricketing knowledge that could be learnt from the man. In his first tweet, he wrote,“It’s so nice to be practicing with this super talented man! There is always so much to learn from you @Gary_Kirsten.”

“It was wonderful meeting up with the whole group and to be able to share experiences,” said Raina, in another tweet.

Here are the two tweets:

It's so nice to be practicing with this super talented man!There is always so much to learn from you @Gary_Kirsten ???? pic.twitter.com/LVg42CHMZi

— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) July 3, 2017

It was wonderful meeting up with the whole group and to be able to share experiences. All the best @GK_CA https://t.co/fsonDjDrRE

— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) July 3, 2017

About the World Cup winning coach

Gary Kirsten was the head coach of the Indian team which lifted the 2011 World Cup, after defeating neighbours Sri Lanka in the finals of the tournament. This victory marked the end of the team’s 28-year drought. India had previously won the World Cup in 1983. The former South African player was appointed as the Head Coach of the Men in Blue in 2008. The left-handed Protean, who had been a prolific opener in his times, brought in a considerable amount of improvement in India’s batting performances. Later, Kirsten also coached the South African team for the tenure 2011-2013.