NEW DELHI: Former Australian spin wizard
Brad Hogg has picked
Suresh Raina as one of the best
powerplay
batsmen in the Indian Premier League (
IPL) as he feels that the left-handed batsman has revived Chennai Super Kings' (CSK) innings on numerous occasions.
The former Australian bowler has been in the limelight with his interesting take on many cricketers.
Talking about the best three powerplay players, Hogg picked
David Warner, Suresh Raina and England's Jos Buttler over Chris Gayle and India skipper Virat Kohli.
Interestingly, Kohli is the highest run-scorer in the IPL while Raina is second in the list.
"At the top is David Warner. He is very strong on the offside, he runs hard between the wickets, he is a busy batsman," said Hogg in a video posted on Twitter.
"I absolutely love the way Raina does his business down at CSK. He comes in at vital situations and revitalises the innings. He targets certain bowlers and rotates the strike well," he added.
Raina is a key member in the CSK batting line-up.
The 33-year-old cricketer is the only Indian batsman to have scored centuries in both ODI and T20I World Cups. He has played 18 Tests, 226 ODIs and 78 T20Is.
He made his ODI debut in 2005 against Sri Lanka while his first game in the longest format came in 2010 against the Lankans as well. Raina scored a century in his maiden Test.
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