Historical IPL team award: Gujarat Lions won the 2017 IPL Fair Play Award while Suresh Raina was the franchise captain. The award belongs to the team, not to Raina individually; it was decided from umpire-awarded fair-play points.
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Suresh Raina is an Indian left-handed batsman whose white-ball career combined attacking strokeplay with occasional right-arm offbreak bowling. Cricbuzz lists his role as batsman, left-handed batting style and right-arm offbreak bowling style.
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Gujarat Lions captain during 2017 IPL Fair Play Award season
Sources checked 14 Oct 2026. Highlights are dated records.
About Suresh Raina
Suresh Raina is an Indian left-handed batsman whose white-ball career combined attacking strokeplay with occasional right-arm offbreak bowling. Cricbuzz lists his role as batsman, left-handed batting style and right-arm offbreak bowling style.
Born on 27 November 1986 in Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, Raina made his ODI debut for India in 2005 and later became a regular part of India's limited-overs middle order. Cricbuzz records his birth date and place and the 30 July 2005 ODI debut.
Raina contributed to India's 2011 World Cup semi-final victory against Pakistan. His late-innings batting helped India finish on 260 for 9 in Mohali; the ICC's rivalry feature records the match and India's 29-run victory.
At franchise level, Raina was closely associated with Chennai Super Kings and captained Gujarat Lions during Chennai's two-season IPL suspension. Contemporary 2017 reporting identifies him as Gujarat Lions captain during that IPL campaign.
The IPL Fair Play Award was a team achievement. Sportstar explains that it goes after each season to the team with the best fair-play record, based on points awarded by umpires, and its year-wise list names Gujarat Lions as the 2017 winner. Raina captained the award-winning team; he was not an individual award recipient.
Fair play recognition and career milestones
Entries are ordered by their own dates. They describe verified records in this profile, not a live career-statistics feed or a guarantee of current selection.
Gujarat Lions captain during 2017 IPL Fair Play Award season
Raina captained Gujarat Lions in IPL 2017, the season in which the franchise won the team-level Fair Play Award. This is a historical leadership association, not a claim that Raina personally won an individual trophy.
Raina contributed late-innings runs in India's 2011 World Cup semi-final against Pakistan at Mohali. The ICC's rivalry feature records India's 29-run victory.
Dated milestone: Arshdeep Singh became the first India men's bowler to reach 100 T20I wickets on 19 September 2025, dismissing Oman's Vinayak Shukla in the Asia Cup. This is a historical landmark, not a current career total.
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Arshdeep Singh is an Indian left-arm medium-fast bowler whose international profile is built around wicket-taking in T20 cricket. The ICC lists him as a bowler, a left-handed batter and a player who made his international debut in 2022.
A season milestone for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2025, not a career total. The Times of India season table records 357 runs in 14 matches, with a 32.45 average and 132.22 strike rate.
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Shivam Dube is an India international all-rounder from Mumbai who bats left-handed and bowls right-arm medium pace. The ICC lists his international debut year as 2019.
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