#4 Raina and McCullum undid young Rana’s maiden IPL fifty (2016)
Although it was Rana from the Mumbai Indians who produced something special on that day in Kanpur, Brendon McCullum and Suresh Raina made sure that Rana’s heroics didn’t cost them the match. McCullum and Raina made their way to 48 (27) and 58 (36) in no time and took the match completely away from the Mumbai Indians.
At the start, it was McCullum who was doing the bulk of the scoring and dealing in boundaries after Aaron Finch departed cheaply. And after McCullum’s dismissal, it was Raina who broke the shackles and went berserk.
Although none of them remained unbeaten until the end, they set the platform for Dwayne Smith (37*) and Ravindra Jadeja (21*) to come in and finish off the match. Raina was also adjudged the ‘Man of the Match’ for his innings of 58.
