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Raina Recalls Fan’s Prized Match Ball Souvenir From IPL 2008 And Tendulkar’s Light-hearted Prank
ODI World Cup: Former India batter Suresh Raina shared an unusual fan encounter linked to one of the biggest sixes hit by him during the inaugural IPL season in 2008. Raina, a member of the Indian team winning 2011 ODI World Cup and 2013 Champions Trophy, had finished his playing career as a four-time IPL winner with the Chennai Super Kings.
“In 2008, when the IPL started, I remember the Wankhede Stadium wasn’t like it is now, it was still the old stadium. We had a qualifier match against Punjab, and I hit a six off James Hopes that went outside the stadium.”
“A few years later, about three or four years on, I went to get my hair cut. A girl approached me with a ball for me to sign. I didn’t realise it was ‘that’ ball. She asked, ‘Sir, do you know which ball this is?’ I replied, ‘It must be some normal cricket ball.’ She said, ‘Sir, you hit a six outside the Wankhede Stadium, it’s that ball’.”
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