Twitter Reaction: Cricketing fraternity celebrates Suresh Raina 's 30th birthday

Rated as one of the best finishers in the limited overs format over, Suresh Raina has been an integral part of the Indian limited overs team ever since his debut in 2005. He has been a vital cog in the national team for close to a decade. A handy all-rounder and an aggressive middle order batsman, Raina has been MS Dhoni’s go-to man in crisis situations.

Whether it was about building partnership and piloting chases or getting crucial breakthroughs with the ball, Raina has always been there for his team. Add athletic fielding capabilities to it, and you have an amazing modern age cricketer who can fill every role for his team.

He has been the chosen one as far as Indian cricket was concerned. As a teenager who lived in sports hostel after moving to Uttar Pradesh from Jammu Kashmir, he made his Under-19 debut as a 16-year-old. Raina soon entered the national team aged only 19 and began his international career with a duck. It took him some time to cement his place but he turned into a record-breaking cricketer later on.

A few extraordinary records that he holds includes being the only Indian cricketer to score a century in all three formats of the game (Tests, ODIs, T20s). He also happenes to be the second youngest player to be selected as the Indian captain.

An example of how he fared since his debut can be seen in the fact that the left-hander has played the most number of one-dayers before making his debut in the Test team which is a record. Also, despite struggling on his ODI debut, Raina made sure he started off his Test career with a bang by scoring a century on his Test debut. He scored 120 runs.

On his birthday, numerous cricketers wished the left-hander, who is at present out of the Indian team.

Happy birthday @ImRaina! Have a rocking year! pic.twitter.com/xMhjExwTrd

— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) November 27, 2016

A Very Happy Birthday to our Super Skipper, @ImRaina!
Wish you all the luck and happiness brother! #HappyBirthdaySureshRaina https://t.co/hh8mkmsxle

— Keshav Bansal (@KeshavBansal08) November 27, 2016

Happy 30th Birthday to the first Indian to score an international century in all three formats of the game, @ImRaina! pic.twitter.com/cUEER89Vl1

— ICC (@ICC) November 27, 2016

In you, we meet a leader, an inspiration, a hero! A very special day for us @ImRaina. #HappyBirthdaySureshRaina pic.twitter.com/fYw19faYv4

— The Gujarat Lions (@TheGujaratLions) November 27, 2016

Birthday Wishes @ImRaina. Wish you a very happy Birthday and blessed life.

— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv) November 27, 2016

Here's wishing our chinna thala @ImRaina , a super birthday! C ya soon! #HBDRaina #whistlepodu pic.twitter.com/1ELNPJp46A

— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) November 27, 2016

@ImRaina wish u a very happy bday Raina bhai god bless u??????

— Rahul Sharma (@ImRahulSharma3) November 27, 2016

Happy Birthday @ImRaina ! Have a brilliant time, wish you success & immense joy! @BCCI

— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) November 27, 2016

Wishing @ImRaina the very best birthday..someone who alwys gave his very very best on and off field..(and yeah a very good singer) pic.twitter.com/SQKXPbBiaN

— Sreesanth (@sreesanth36) November 27, 2016

Happy Birthday @ImRaina. Wish you good health, success and happiness today and every day of the year. God bless. #HappyBirthdayRaina pic.twitter.com/3EYCBtXqFw

— Parvinder Awana (@ParvinderAwana) November 27, 2016

Happy Birthday @ImRaina . May you drive your way to more runs and success and
have a great year ahead.
Stay blessed. pic.twitter.com/loOO2NrBsl

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) November 27, 2016

When people ask ,Have you seen Aaina ? (mirror)
Answer is, I have seen Raina .
Happy Birthday Suresh Raina.@ImRaina pic.twitter.com/80tNdyU8UN

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) November 27, 2016