{"id":20071,"date":"2023-03-16T15:02:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T15:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/16\/watch-suresh-raina-responds-hilariously-to-the-query-about-his-ipl-comeback\/"},"modified":"2023-03-16T15:02:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T15:02:34","slug":"watch-suresh-raina-responds-hilariously-to-the-query-about-his-ipl-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/16\/watch-suresh-raina-responds-hilariously-to-the-query-about-his-ipl-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Suresh Raina responds hilariously to the query about his IPL comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former India international <strong>Suresh Raina<\/strong> is currently plying his trade in the <strong>Legends League Cricket (LLC)<\/strong> for the India Maharajas. He played an outstanding innings of 49 runs off 41 balls in the match against World Giants on Wednesday (March 15), and was the top-scorer for his side. Raina\u2019s performance with the bat was brilliant and it reminded everyone of his glory days.<\/p>\n<p>During the post-match press conference, Raina was asked about his comeback to the Indian Premier League (IPL). He responded to the query by taking a hilarious dig at former Pakistan captain <strong>Shahid Afridi<\/strong>. Raina stated that unlike Afridi, he is not someone who makes several comebacks after announcing retirement, and that there are no chances of him returning to the IPL.<\/p>\n<p><amp-ad noloading=\"\" width=\"100vw\" height=\"320\" type=\"adsense\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9195056396268201\" data-ad-slot=\"7342653436\" data-auto-format=\"rspv\" data-full-width=\"\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-fixed i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" style=\"width:100vw;height:320px\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fixed\"\/><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMain Suresh Raina hoon. Main Shahid Afridi nahi hoon (laughs). Retirement le chuka hoon (I\u2019m Suresh Raina, not Shahid Afridi. I\u2019ve taken retirement),\u201d<\/em> he said leaving everyone in the room in splits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s the video: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><amp-twitter width=\"auto\" height=\"197\" layout=\"fixed-height\" data-tweetid=\"1636072401631956992\" class=\"twitter-tweet i-amphtml-layout-fixed-height i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" style=\"height:197px\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fixed-height\"><button overflow=\"\" type=\"button\">See more<\/button><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" placeholder=\"\">\n<p lang=\"tl\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2018Suresh Raina Hu, Shahid Afridi Nahin\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>Hilarious Reply From Mr. IPL \ud83d\ude04<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImRaina?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"exclude\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ImRaina<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/legendsleaguecricket?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"exclude\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#legendsleaguecricket<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LLC2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"exclude\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#LLC2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GpV9uEa0wx\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/GpV9uEa0wx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vaibhav Bhola \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@VibhuBhola) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VibhuBhola\/status\/1636072401631956992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"exclude\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/amp-twitter><\/p>\n<p>Raina had announced his retirement from international cricket on August 15, 2020, along with his former Indian teammate <strong>MS Dhoni<\/strong>, and has not played in the IPL since the 2021 season. He also announced his IPL retirement after going unsold in the IPL 2022 mega auction.<\/p>\n<p>As far as the match between Indian Maharajas and World Giants in concerned, the <strong>Harbhajan Singh-led team<\/strong> managed to score 136 runs for the loss of nine wickets in their 20 overs, largely thanks to Raina\u2019s contribution with the bat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brett Lee<\/strong> was the best bowler for the World Giants, picking up three wickets for just 18 runs. Despite losing seven wickets, World Giants chased down the target quite easily with <strong>Chris Gayle<\/strong> smashing 57 runs off 46 balls with nine fours and a six, while <strong>Shane Watson<\/strong> contributed 26 runs. The <a href=\"https:\/\/crickettimes.com\/scorecard\/127587\/legends-league-cricket-2023\/61083\/india-maharajas-vs-world-giants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Giants managed to get over the line in the 19th over of the innings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><amp-ad noloading=\"\" width=\"100vw\" height=\"320\" type=\"adsense\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9195056396268201\" data-ad-slot=\"7342653436\" data-auto-format=\"rspv\" data-full-width=\"\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-fixed i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" style=\"width:100vw;height:320px\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fixed\"\/> <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/crickettimes.com\/2023\/03\/watch-suresh-raina-responds-hilariously-to-the-query-about-his-ipl-comeback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former India international Suresh Raina is currently plying his trade in the Legends League Cricket (LLC) for the India Maharajas. He played an outstanding innings of 49 runs off 41 balls in the match against World Giants on Wednesday (March 15), and was the top-scorer for his side. Raina\u2019s performance with the bat was brilliant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6803],"tags":[87,8412,8647,9424,88,352,377,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-20071","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-india-maharajas","10":"tag-legends-league-cricket","11":"tag-llc-masters-2023","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-suresh-raina","14":"tag-t20","15":"tag-video"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}