5 Indian players who were adopted by a culturally different city because of the IPL 

#3 Suresh Raina – Chennai

There are two players that come to mind when the name Chennai Super Kings (CSK) comes up. One of them is Suresh Raina.

Suresh Raina is the leading run-getter in the history of the IPL. He has amassed 4540 runs in 161 games at an average of 34.14 and a strike-rate of 139.09. He has scored more than 350 runs in every season of the IPL. In fact, he has never missed a single IPL game. Hence, he can be termed and given the tag of ‘Mr. IPL’.

Out of those 4540 runs, 3699 have come playing for CSK. The Chennai fans have given him the name ‘China Thala’ which means younger leader. The amount of love Chennai has given Raina has been superb. CSK fans might often debate that Raina is a Chennai-player before he is a UP player.