REVEALED: Why Raina hasn't been offered a contract by the BCCI?

RECENTLY, THE BCCI announced renewal of contracts for a long list of Indian players. However, one veteran cricketer who did not find a place in the list was Suresh Raina.

As reported by MidDay, a former Uttar Pradesh Ranji coach has revealed that Raina has become a 'reluctant cricketer' after getting married in 2015 and is apparently more focused on his family and setting up a business than ensuring his place in the Indian cricket team. The southpaw, who has scored 5568 runs in 223 ODIs and 1307 runs in 65 T20Is, also skipped the domestic T20 and one-day tournaments and turned out in just three Ranji Trophy matches for UP this season. The coach stated,

"His priorities have changed after he became a family man. I have noticed that he has not been concentrating on his game. He has become a reluctant cricketer. He just played three Ranji matches for UP this season and didn't turn out for Mushtaq Ali and Vijay Hazare tournaments. With so many youngsters on the horizon, his chances of a comeback into Indian Test or ODI teams are bleak. He can still eye the T20s, but it will depend a lot on his IPL form where he will lead Gujarat Lions again."

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