Suresh Raina went unsold in the IPL 2022 mega auction, as no franshise showed interest in buying the left-handed batsman. The Batsman’s name was brought up on the very first day of the 2-day auction, but after going unsold on that day, the veteran all-rounder didn’t make in the last list of 69 players for the accelerated auctions on Sunday. Meaning, Suresh Raina is officially out of the 15th edition of the IPL.
CSK decided to buy back most of its players from the core squad, the Yellow Army did not bid for Raina – who remains to be the fourth-highest run-getter in IPL history. Known as ‘Mr. IPL’, Suresh Raina has scored more than 5000 runs in 205 games. Raina is one of the leading run-scorers in Indian Premier League.
The left-handed batsman has scored 5528 runs in 205 IPL games and is the 4th leading run-getter in the tournament currently. The 35-yar-old has also shattered 1 century and 39 fifties in the tournament. He was also the first player in IPL’s history to breach the 5000-run mark and he did it while playing for CSK in the 2019 season.
Meanwhile, fans on Twitter were upset and they slammed Chennai Super Kings for not picking Raina despite having an INR 2.95 crore purse left after finalizing the squad.