Suresh Raina chose his all-time CSK playing XI, Bravo-Radu and this star player could not find a place

By Cross Talk India Team Last updated Aug 31, 2025

Suresh Raina, who played for a long time for Chennai Super Kings (CSK), chose his all -time CSK XI on Shubhankar Mishra’s podcast. Raina, who played for Chennai from 2008 to 2015 and then from 2018 to 2021, contributed to the team to win the title four times, including many veterans in this team but excluded stars like Dwayne Bravo and Ambati Rayudu.

Raina gave Murali Vijay and Matthew Hayden the responsibility of opening in this team, while Michael Hussey was chosen at number three. Raina himself will bat at number four. This was followed by Subramaniam Badrinath and Ravindra Jadeja and Albie Morkel in the middle order. The task of wicketkeeping and captaincy has been entrusted to MS Dhoni.

The bowling department included Dug Bollinger, Shadab Jakati, Ravichandran Ashwin, Laxmipati Balaji and Mohit Sharma. At the same time, he chose Muttiah Muralitharan as ‘Impact Player’.

Raina especially praised Shadab Jakati and Mohit Sharma and said, “Jakati was an ex-factor player. He performed brilliantly from 2010 to 2013 and made a big contribution to our victories, but he did not get as much recognition as it should have been.” Talking about Mohit Sharma, Raina said, “Mohit has been a Purple Cap holder playing for Channai and at that time the copyback ball was the bowling for the batsmen.

Interestingly, the current captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, who won the Orange Cap in 2021, also did not find a place in this all time playing XI. At the same time, only Dhoni and Jadeja are active players in this list, who are still associated with CSK.

Suresh Raina’s all time csk xi:

MS Dhoni (captain, wicketkeeper), Murali Vijay, Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey, Suresh Raina, Subramaniam Badrinath, Albie Morkel, Dag Bollinger, Shadab Jakati, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Laxmipati Balaji, Mohit Sharma, Muthaiya Muralitharan (Impact Player)