After the announcement of retirement, me and Mahi bhai hugged and cried a lot: Suresh Raina

Former Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and fellow cricketer Suresh Raina have been very good friends. The chemistry both on and off the field has been quite good. When Dhoni said goodbye to international cricket on the evening of August 15, Raina also announced his retirement from international cricket a few minutes later. Raina has also played for Team India under Dhoni's captaincy and also plays for Chennai Super Kings (CSK), the franchise team of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Raina told that after the announcement of retirement, he hugged Dhoni and both cried too.

Nobody had thought about Raina's retirement, he left international cricket at the age of just 33. Raina told Dainik Jagran, 'I knew if Dhoni would announce his retirement after reaching Chennai, I was ready for it. I, Piyush Chawla, Deepak Chahar, Karn Sharma arrived in Ranchi on 14 August from chartered plane and picked up Mahi Bhai and Monu Singh. ' When Dhoni announced his retirement from Test cricket, a photo went viral in which Dhoni was standing near Raina and his eyes were full. Dhoni's retirement from international cricket was no different. Raina told that after the decision of retirement we both hugged and cried a lot.

Raina said, 'After announcing his retirement, we hugged and cried a lot. I, Piyush, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav and Karn Sharma sat together and then we talked about our career and friendship, we also had a party that night. ' Raina explained why both chose the retirement date of August 15. Raina said that Dhoni's jersey is number 7 and my 3, India celebrated 74th Independence Day on August 15, in this way India completed 73 years of independence, so we thought we would announce retirement on this occasion.