Former India cricketer Suresh Raina celebrates his 35th birthday on November 27, 2021. The Indian legend has represented India in 226 ODIs, 78 T20Is and 18 Tests. The spectacular fielder’s international career spanned over 15 years. The southpaw has contributed a lot to the Indian cricket team. He was a part of the World Cup team of 2011 and the Champions trophy victory in 2013. The legend announced his retirement from the game last year in August along with his teammate and a good friend MS Dhoni.
Achievements call for a strong image. Such charisma makes him influential and surely brings in a lot of brands for the personality and Suresh Raina is definitely one of few to be up top even after taking retirement. With a career of 15 years under his belt, he has signed and endorsed many brands. The active ones are given below.
Endorsements:
Junglee Games’ leading fantasy sports network, Howzat signed the former Indian cricketer in September to market its brand among sports fans across the country.
Elista, a TeknoDome Group is also a brand that Mr IPL is an ambassador of. The motive of this deal is to promote awareness about its different products which are innovative, feature-rich, and affordable for common people.
Along with Harmanpreet Kaur, Suresh Raina was signed with WTF Sports, which is a fantasy sports gaming platform. Raina is also a strategic partner for WTF sports. The poker platform, 9Stacks associated with Suresh Raina during lockdown last year. Bharatpe also got the southpaw on board in October 2020.
Finally, India’s leading homegrown platform, MX TakaTak joined hands with the batting maestro where he had to promote the brand. He went live to do so on the app along with the cricket host turned commentator Jatin Sapru. He spoke about the features of the application.
Net worth:
Raina’s net worth is around $25 Million (INR 180 crores). He is amongst the richest cricketers in India. The left-hander used to get a yearly compensation of ₹1 Crore from the BCCI Salary of having a Grade C agreement until 2019. He even owns a high-class architect house in Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, India. Raina has a magnificent house which is valued at 18 crores in Indian Rupees. Not just this, across India too, he owns various plots and real estate properties. Over the years he has been an integral part of the Chennai Super Kings and even this year, where he made a comeback after missing out on IPL 2020, his salary was Rs 11 crore.
Charity:
Suresh Raina also has a charity foundation named after his daughter Gracia. The foundation aims to empower women, in and on the cusp of their reproductive stage, with the knowledge that in future will help them to make better reproductive and maternal health-oriented results.