Raina looked in great touch in his comeback match for CSK.
Invited to bat first, CSK got off to a terrible start as they lost both their openers – Ruturaj Gaikwad (5) and Faf du Plessis (0) – cheaply. The duo of Moeen Ali and Suresh Raina added 53 runs for the second wicket to bail the team out of trouble.
R Ashwin broke the partnership by removing Ali for 36 but Raina held the one end firmly. The southpaw shared a 63-run stand for the fourth wicket with Ambati Rayudu (23) to put CSK in a strong position. In the process, Raina also completed his half-century in 32 deliveries.
While Raina got run-out for 54 off 36 balls, his innings ensured that CSK finish their innings on a high. In the death overs, the pair of Ravindra Jadeja (26* off 17 balls) and Sam Curran (34 off 15 balls) took the DC attack to the cleaners, stitching a 51-run partnership in 27 deliveries to take Chennai to 188/7 in 20 overs.
For his sensational fifty on IPL comeback, Suresh Raina garnered rich praise from the cricket fraternity on Twitter.
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