Suresh Raina has left international cricket. Have been away from IPL. But, he is seen playing in some cricket leagues. He is currently playing T10 league in America. Suresh Raina is a part of the New York Lions team in the National Cricket League T10 started in America. Apart from being a player, his role in this team is also that of captain. On October 5, New York Lions, captained by Suresh Raina, faced Los Angeles Webs, captained by Tim David. In this 10 over match, Suresh Raina played captaincy innings and led the team to victory.

In the match, New York Lions batted first and scored 126 runs for 2 wickets in 10 overs. It would not have been easy for New York Lions to reach such a big score in 10 overs if its captain Suresh Raina had not played big shots and scored runs in the middle of the field.

Suresh Raina scored a half century

The first wicket of New York Lions had fallen for just 4 runs. But, after that Suresh Raina along with Upal Tharanga made a big partnership of 93 runs for the second wicket. This partnership was broken due to the dismissal of Tharanga, who scored 40 runs in 23 balls with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes. After Tharanga was out, Ben Cutting came to support captain Raina. It was during his unbeaten partnership with Cutting that Raina completed his half-century.

9 sixes-fours, 53* runs in 28 balls

Suresh Raina scored unbeaten 53 runs facing only 28 balls. His innings included 9 sixes and fours, which included 6 fours and 3 sixes. During his batting, Raina thrashed every bowler of Los Angeles Webs. His most experienced bowler Shakib Al Hasan gave 18 runs in 1 over, in which Raina alone scored 16 runs with 2 sixes and 1 four. Raina hit a six against Todd Astle.

Suresh Raina makes a roaring entry on the NCL stage with a stroke-filled half-century that lifted New York Lions to 126. #NCLonFanCode pic.twitter.com/4IS8waiIdF

— FanCode (@FanCode) October 5, 2024

Raina's team won the 10 over match by 19 runs

Thanks to Suresh Raina's unbeaten inning of 53 runs, his team New York Lions was successful in setting the target of 127 runs. Chasing such a big target, Los Angeles Webs team could score only 107 runs in 10 overs after losing 7 wickets and lost the match by 19 runs.