There are certain chances that Suresh Raina will not be taking part in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. He was released by the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) ahead of the IPL auction, went unsold in the two-day event in Bengaluru last week. Raina was a part of CSK since the tournament’s inaugural edition, barring a couple of seasons (2016 and 2017) when the franchise was banned from taking part in the cash-rich league.

After skipping the 2020 edition due to personal reasons, Suresh Raina found it difficult to get going in IPL 2021, and missed the latter stages of the tournament due to a knee injury. 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 Raina at the auction.

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During an interaction on Cricbuzz, Simon Doull said, “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.”

Suresh Raina, who announced his international retirement on the same day as Dhoni, is the fourth all-time run-score in the history of IPL, amassing 5,528 runs in 205 matches. Raina also won four IPL titles, all with CSK, including last season.

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CSK, on the other hand, has built a strong team again by managing to hold on to some of their proven performers like Dwayne Bravo, Deepak Chahar, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu. CSK will be led by MS Dhoni, who was retained along with Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, and Ravindra Jadeja before the auction.