{"id":13485,"date":"2013-02-05T10:47:27","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T10:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=13485"},"modified":"2013-02-05T10:47:27","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T10:47:27","slug":"batting-with-vvs-laxman-was-a-learning-curve-for-me-suresh-raina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=13485","title":{"rendered":"Batting with VVS Laxman was a learning curve for me: Suresh Raina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-13350\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/raina007.jpg\" alt=\"raina007\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/raina007.jpg 200w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/raina007-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Mumbai:<\/strong> Suresh Raina has had a fabulous start of his Test career when he scored a century on Test debut &mdash; 120 against Sri Lanka in Colombo in July 2010. But thereafter he hasn&rsquo;t been in best of forms in longer format of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the riddle of who will fill the No. 6 spot left vacant after the retirement of Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman from Test side has been around for quite a sometime. And now Raina&rsquo;s wants to grab the opportunity with some solid performances at the domestic level. The southpaw wants to use the Irani Cup as a platform and he looks very optimistic about it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He said, &ldquo;The Irani Cup is a very important match for me. Mumbai have done well in Ranji Trophy, but the RoI team is also good. Personally, if I do well, I will get an opportunity to play Test cricket again. I am trying and working hard. If I score runs here, it will be good.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He said that batting with VVS Laxman was a learning curve for him where he learned how to bat with tail-enders. &ldquo;I learned how to keep wickets in tact when team is under pressure and that has really helped me in ODI&rsquo;s and if given a chance I can do it in Test as well. Over the years, I have learnt to play with the tail-enders. When you bat at No 6, you know you will have to bat with Dhoni, Jadeja, and Ashwin, may be Shami and Ishant sometimes. Batting with tail-enders, you need to take your chances. Test cricket will help me bring stability in my batting as well as it will help me make my temperament better.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While Captain Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh, Murali Vijay and Manoj Tiwary didn&rsquo;t made it to the nets, Raina had a good hit in the nets on Monday, middling the ball well and stepping down to the spinners. He is looking for a good outing against Mumbai this week will be the first step towards his goal of playing Test cricket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-13350\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/raina007.jpg\" alt=\"raina007\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/raina007.jpg 200w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/raina007-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Mumbai:<\/strong> Suresh Raina has had a fabulous start of his Test career when he scored a century on Test debut &mdash; 120 against Sri Lanka in Colombo in July 2010. But thereafter he hasn&rsquo;t been in best of forms in longer format of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the riddle of who will fill the No. 6 spot left vacant after the retirement of Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman from Test side has been around for quite a sometime. And now Raina&rsquo;s wants to grab the opportunity with some solid performances at the domestic level. The southpaw wants to use the Irani Cup as a platform and he looks very optimistic about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-isn-front-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Batting with VVS Laxman was a learning curve for me: Suresh Raina - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=13485\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Batting with VVS Laxman was a learning curve for me: Suresh Raina - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mumbai: Suresh Raina has had a fabulous start of his Test career when he scored a century on Test debut &mdash; 120 against Sri Lanka in Colombo in July 2010. 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