Suresh Raina revealed that he pulled out of the event to spend time together with his household.© BCCI
Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) legend Suresh Raina has opened up on the much-talked-about controversy surrounding his withdrawal from the IPL 2020 season within the UAE. Amid the Coronavirus pandemic, Raina had travelled to the nation with the remainder of the gamers however pulled out earlier than the beginning of the season, citing private causes and COVID-19 bio-bubble preparations. There have been completely different theories relating to Raina’s determination to tug out. One such hearsay claimed that Raina left the bio-bubble after he was denied a resort room with a balcony.
Addressing the rumours, Raina revealed that he pulled out of the event to frolicked together with his father and shut ones after his kinfolk had been killed in Punjab.
“There was bereavement within the household, I went to Punjab. In my uncle’s household, there have been deaths. The kaccha gang..who include oil on their physique. A bunch of gangsters killed your complete household, my grandmother was additionally there. It occurred in Pathankot. So I went there. However there was a bio-bubble within the IPL, the place you could not return. My father was very upset. When the Kachche gang did what they did, my total household was in stress. I believed cricket got here subsequent, I might play anytime, first, my household was essential,” Raina mentioned throughout an interplay on Lallantop.
Raina additional revealed that the scenario again dwelling was chaotic and the continued pandemic made the scenario even worse.
“Sure, I instructed this to MS Dhoni and the crew administration. Household comes first. Then I returned, we performed the 2021 season. We received the trophy. However the earlier yr, the household was in chaos. They had been all in despair already attributable to Covid-19 after which this occurred. I believed I ought to go dwelling and be with my household,” he added.
After lacking the 2020 season, Raina returned to CSK the subsequent yr and helped them win the title.
It turned out to be his final season as later that yr, he determined to announce his retirement from all codecs of the sport.
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