IPL 2019: 4 Records that Suresh Raina will probably not break in IPL

Suresh Raina is arguably the greatest T20 batsman from India. The 31-year old has an incredible record in T20s and is one of the bests in that format. Even in the Indian Premier League (IPL), the lad has been brilliant throughout the 11 seasons of the tournament. Suresh Raina, who is widely regarded as Mr. IPL, has been one of the main reasons behind Chennai Super Kings successful campaign in all these years of IPL.

The UP cricketer is the first cricketer to achieve the feat of scoring 5000 runs in the IPL. He holds the 4th rank in the list of most no. of sixes and is just 13 sixes away from surpassing the milestone of 200 sixes. The southpaw also holds the first rank in the list of most no. of catches in IPL too. He has taken 99 catches and requires just one more to achieve the milestone of 100 catches in the Indian Premier League.

However, there are still a lot of records that Mr. IPL might fail to conquer. Raina's form has gone down in the past few years and the lad seems to have lost the Midas touch. His style of play has also changed and some records might seem to be a road too far for Raina. The 31-year old can, albeit still make a plethora of records by some milestones seem out of his reach. In the following slides, we will have a look at some of those records.

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#4 Most number of centuries (Chris Gayle)

Chris Gayle

On one hand, Chris Gayle holds the record for most number of centuries scored in the IPL, with the explosive left-hander having 6 tons to his name. Raina, on the other hand, has a solitary hundred to show. The southpaw won't find it easy at all to reach till Gayle's numbers because scoring 5 more centuries will turn out to be a very difficult task.

#3 Highest score by an individual (Chris Gayle)

Gayle Smashed 175 against Pune

Chris Gayle is one of the ambassadors of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The prolific batsman has given world-class bowlers a run for their money. The heroics displayed by the Caribbean cricketer with his bat simply make the people chortle at the bowlers.

During the IPL 2013, Chris Gayle, in a match against the Pune Warriors, scored a scintillating knock of 175 runs in 66 balls. The blitz consisted of 13 fours and 17 sixes and eventually helped the Royal Challengers Bangalore to post a mammoth total of 263, which is also the highest total in the history of IPL. RCB won the game by 130 runs.

Suresh Raina will undoubtedly find achieving this feat very difficult as scoring 175 runs in a T20 game isn't easy at all. The quality of bowling has also gotten better with time and the left-handed cricketer's strike has unfortunately gone down.

#2 Most runs in a season (Virat Kohli)

Virat Kohli

The year 2016 was all about Virat Kohli. The lad was in phenomenal touch during the season. The Delhi cricketer had started scoring runs at an unbelievable rate and with consummate ease. In international cricket, Kohli scored a total of 2595 runs at a blistering average of 86.50.

Virat Kohli was an unstoppable force during the IPL 2016 as well. The guy had a sensational season during the 9th edition of the Indian Premier League. The Delhi-born was one of the main reasons behind his team's campaign to become the first runner-up. Kohli, during the IPL 2016, scored a total of 973 runs in 16 matches at an average of 81.08. This is the most no. of runs scored by any batsman in any limited overs tournament all over the world. Virat also slammed 4 centuries in that season, which in itself, is a record.

To achieve this milestone or breaking Kohli's record looks nearly impossible to do in recent times. Suresh Raina too will find it really hard to achieve this feat as scoring 973 runs in a season is too tough of a task. You need to be utter consistent to do this and the southpaw, in recent time, hasn't been known for his consistency.

#1 Most number of sixes (Chris Gayle)

Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle has been one of the stalwarts of the Indian Premier League. Commonly regarded as the 'Universe Boss’, the ace-batsmen holds numerous records of T20 cricket and its extravaganza i.e. IPL. The blend of brutal force and the inhuman capabilities possessed by the Jamaican cricketer are simply stupendous. The 39-year-old has been utter destructive over the years and his shots are enough to give nightmare to the bowlers.

Gayle holds the feat of hitting most number of sixes in IPL. The Caribbean cricketer has hit 302 sixes in the 11 seasons of the IPL. AB de Villiers, who is at the second spot, has hit 193 sixes which is 109 less than Gayle's numbers.

Meanwhile, Suresh Raina is at the 4th rank with 187 sixes besides his name. And there's no denying to the fact that it will be quite tough for him to surpass Gayle in this list as Raina is also in the second half of his career and he might not get sufficient number of matches to get near to Gayle's numbers.