Speaking about Suresh Raina going unsold in the auction, former New Zealand cricketer Simon Doull listed some reasons that prompted CSK, as well as the other franchises, to ignore Suresh at the IPL auction.
Suresh Raina will not participate in the IPL for the first time since the inception of the tournament in the year 2008. Raina, who was released by the Chennai Super Kings, went unsold in the two-day event in Bengaluru last week. Raina was a part of CSK since the tournament’s inaugural edition, except two seasons 2016 and 2017 when the franchise was banned from taking part in the league. He had led the franchise Gujarat Lions for two seasons.
After missing the 2020 edition due to personal reasons, Suresh Raina endured a difficult outing in IPL 2021, and missed the latter stages of the tournament because of a knee injury.
Speaking about Raina getting unsold in the auction, former New Zealand cricketer Simon Doull listed some reasons that prompted CSK, as well as the other franchises, to ignore him at the auction.
Speaking on Raina getting unsold in the auction, former New Zealand cricketer Simon Doull listed “two to three” reasons that prompted CSK, as well as the other franchises, to ignore the veteran batter at the auction.
“There are two to three parts to it. He lost his loyalty in the UAE, we don’t need to go on (and talk about) why it was. There’s enough speculation about that. He lost the loyalty of the team and he lost the loyalty of MS Dhoni. Once you do that, you’re very unlikely to be welcomed back,” Doull said.
