Cricket / I am Suresh Raina... not Shahid Afridi who... Mr. IPL made fun of 'Lala'

New Delhi. Suresh Raina, the former middle order batsman of the Indian cricket team, is hitting fours and sixes in the Legends League Cricket Masters T20 tournament these days. Raina is participating in this league on behalf of India Maharajas. Of course, his team lost against World Joys but Raina entertained the spectators present in the stadium with his batting. After the match, Suresh Raina made fun of former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi in a crowded gathering. Afridi is captaining the Asia Lions in this league.

In this T20 league being played in Doha, Qatar, Raina scored an inning of 49 runs in the match against World Giants. During this, he hit 2 fours and 3 sixes. Despite this India Maharaja had to face defeat by 3 wickets. After the match, when Raina came to the press conference, a journalist asked that after your performance tonight everyone wants to see you in IPL, to which Raina said, 'I am Suresh Raina, not Shahid Afridi. I have retired.

Afridi has returned to international cricket several times after breaking his retirement.

Suresh Raina said this because Shahid Afridi has returned to cricket many times after breaking his retirement. Talking about this match, India Maharaja scored 136 runs for 9 wickets. Former storm bowler Brett Lee took 3 wickets from World Giants. Chasing the target of 137 runs, the World Giants team won the match by scoring 139 runs for 7 wickets with 8 balls remaining due to opener Chris Gayle's 57 runs. Yusuf Pathan took two wickets from India Maharaja.

Gambhir and Afridi will face each other in the Eliminator match

The eliminator match between India Maharaja and Asia Lions will be played today i.e. on March 18. The match will be played at the West End Park International Cricket Stadium in Doha on Saturday evening. The India Maharaja team is being led by Gautam Gambhir, while the Asia Lions is commanded by Afridi, who is fondly known as 'Lala' among his teammates.