Before announcing his international retirement in 2020, Suresh Raina played a key role in making Team India a dominant force in white-ball cricket.

In 226 ODIs, Raina amassed 5615 runs at an average of 35.31 and a strike rate of 93.51 with five hundreds and 36 fifties. He also featured in 78 T20Is and scored 1604 runs at a strike rate of 134.79, including a century.

The southpaw was also part of the Indian team that won the ODI World Cup in 2011 and the Champions Trophy in 2013.

However, the journey wasn’t always smooth sailing for Raina, who was once stressed about his financial condition after sustaining a career-threatening knee injury.

"When I got injured, more than physical it was mental stress that was taking a toll on me. My family asked me to focus on recovery and not worry about the loan I had taken. The other thing that was eating me up was if I will ever get a chance again because the competition was so tough and the 2007 T20 World Cup was coming up," Raina said on Jio Cinema.

"Then I decided to leave my fate in the hands of God and focused on having a good time with friends and family as this was a chance to spend time with them as I never spent more than 10-20 days in a year at home since 1998. So, with the love and blessing of my family, I waded through the choppy waters quite easily," he added.

It was such a difficult period for Raina that he thought he might never recover from his injury and play cricket again.

"Yes, that thought did cross my mind. I was stressed about the financial position that I and the family were in, especially after I took a loan. And if I don't play again, it would all be over. I realised that what was in my control is to strengthen my knee and everything else will follow," he concluded.