Unlucky Raina

Raina is unlucky than Andrew Symonds, Yuvraj Singh, Adam Gilchrist and Shahid Afridi. It took him 5 years to play his first Test. He has been on the Test matches for years but India’s batting lineup and doubts over Raina’s technical ability meant he has been consigned to act in the shorter versions. On Monday, he avoided a century when Yuvraj Singh declared himself unwell. Raina said Yuvraj is not feeling well.

There are some other names on this list like Symonds played 94 One Days before he was good enough for the longer version. Adam played three more than Yuvraj before getting captaincy, India’s Robin Singh played 60 matches. Brendon McCullum was lucky, having played just 48. Raina got captaincy from Rahul Dravid. He said Dravid is his idol and have been following him for the past 10 years. He added he have worked on technique and mental strength to bat well to give the best.