IPL 2022: 3 Teams that might target Suresh Raina in the mega auction

Mr. IPL Suresh Raina will be in the auction pool for the first time after 2008. He was picked by the franchise in the first-ever IPL auction and since then, he has become one of the faces of the Chennai Super Kings. The IPL 2022 mega auction is set to take place in Bengaluru on February 12 and 13.

The last time Raina played for any other IPL franchise was in 2016 and 2017 when CSK got banned. He represented and captained the Gujarat Lions for two seasons and came back to CSK in 2018 when he got retained by the franchise alongside MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja.

Raina has been one of the most successful batters in the history of the league and is on number four in the list of leading run-scorers in the league, behind Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, and Rohit Sharma. He has played 205 IPL games and has scored 5528 runs in those games at an average of 32.52.

Here are 3 teams that might target Suresh Raina in IPL 2022 mega auction:

1. Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Super Kings is the one franchise that believes in backing players even if they underperform. Raina has played many match-winning knocks and won many games for CSK in the IPL. But, his performances have not been up to the standards in the last two seasons.

Raina is not playing any cricket at the moment and IPL is the only tournament that he plays as he has already announced his retirement from international cricket. He has been a household name in Chennai and he has gradually earned that respect while playing for the city. Hence, releasing him was a big decision by the franchise.

Nevertheless, we can again see him playing for Chennai. The two seasons that he played were disasters for the southpaw as he never looked in touch. He has a good amount of cricket left in him. Hopefully, CSK will rope him in the auction and we will again see Suresh Raina winning games for Chennai.