Suresh Raina trends on Twitter as reports hint new rules for IPL 2022 Mega auction
Suresh Raina has scored 5491 runs in 200 IPL games for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and is their leading run-scorer as well.
The second half of the 14th edition Indian Premier League (IPL) will get underway on September 15. While the excitement is slowly building, it is the mega auction in the year 2022 that has already grabbed eyeballs. Apart from Right to Match Card (RTM) and numbers in player retention, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is also planning to add two new teams to the IPL.
If reports are to be believed, then the BCCI will allow each of the eight franchises to retain four players, with either retaining three Indian players or one overseas player, or two Indian and two overseas players each. While the majority of the eight teams have a plan on what players they need to retain, it is the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) who are a bit desperate to start from scratch, after most of their players will call it quits either in one or two years.
The CSK were famously called ‘Dad’s Army’ in the year 2018 when the management and skipper MS Dhoni picked the majority of players who were above 30. While the team went onto bag the third IPL trophy, it failed to get going in 2020, when CSK for the first time failed to qualify to the playoffs.
The franchise however has managed to bring youth into the squad by including Sam Curren, Ruturaj Gaikwad, and Sai Kishore in the team. But, with the mega auction coming up, it would be interesting to see if they retain players who are above 30.
Suresh Raina an integral part of the CSK team
It’s no secret that Suresh Raina admires and is very close to his CSK skipper Dhoni. So much so that, he announced his retirement soon after the 39-year-old announced it in 2020. Raina is with CSK since the inception of the league and is fondly called ‘Chinna Thaala’ by the Chennai fans.
Over the past 14 years, the southpaw has won matches on its own for the yellow team and is their leading run-scorer too. But with age catching up, the franchise might not retain him and try out some fresh faces in the squad.
The fans have given their verdict on retaining Raina in the CSK team for the 2022 auction. Here are some of the tweets:
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