Former Indian cricket captain MS Dhoniannounced his retirement from internationalcricket on August 15, India’s 73rdIndependence Day. However anotherIndian cricket star Suresh Raina alsoannounced his retirement on the sameday which went almost unnoticed.Raina represented India in 18 Tests,226 ODIs and 78 T20 in an internationalcareer spanning 13 years. Besides beingan attacking batsman, Suresh Rainawas a useful bowler and an exceptionalfielder.At the age of 33 cricket lovers may havefelt that Raina announced his retirementa bit too early as he seemed to have alot of cricket left in him. To announce aretirement is always a hard decision, butit is also a personal matter.Raina probably felt that it was the propertime to step down along with his formercaptain MS Dhoni and make way for theyounger players to step into his shoes.Prime Minister Narendra Modi paidrich tribute to the dashing cricketer byreportedly saying that the former Indianbatsman never played for personal glorybut for the glory of the team and thecountry.
