suresh kumar raina (born 27 november 1986) is an indian professional cricketer. an aggressive left-handed middle-order batsman and an occasional off-spin bowler, he is considered as one of the best fielders in world cricket. he plays for uttar pradesh in all forms of domestic cricket. he is the captain of gujarat lions in the indian premier league, and was the vice-captain of the chennai super kings. he has also captained the indian cricket team and is the second-youngest player ever to captain india. he is the first of the three indian batsmen to ever score a century in all three formats of international cricket. he was born in ghaziabad. raina made his odi debut in july 2005 against sri lanka at the age of 19. however, his test debut came about five years later, in july 2010, against the same opposition. he scored a hundred on his test debut. he was a part of the indian squad that won the 2011 world cup, captained team uttar pradesh, india (on several occasions), india – a, gujarat lions and chennai super kings (3 matches).