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Former India captain MS Dhoni and his once teammate Suresh Raina announced their retirement on August 15 after the gap of sometimes. While Dhoni had last featured for India since 2019 World Cup semi-final loss against New Zealand, Raina last played for the country way back in 2018.

Suresh Raina now has said that he came to know about MS Dhoni's decision about retirement when he reached Chennai. He further added that he hugged and cried a lot after making the retirement announcement, and after that, they partied with their Chennai teammates.

“I knew Dhoni would announce his retirement upon reaching Chennai, so I was ready. I, Piyush Chawla, Deepak Chahar and Karn Sharma reached Ranchi on 14th with the chartered plane, and picked up Mahi bhai and Monu Singh,” Raina said to Dainik Jagran. “After announcing our retirement, we hugged and cried a lot. I, Piyush, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav and Karn sat together after that, talked about our careers and our relationship. We partied during the night.”

Raina has played for India in 18 Tests, 226 ODIs and 78 T20Is for 13 years. Suresh Raina, who scored a century on his Test debut, is also the first Indian to score centuries in all three formats of the game and his centuries were scored outside India as well.

However, after retirement, both the Indian players will now be seen playing together for the Chennai Super Kings which is scheduled to begin from September 19, where they will take on Mumbai Indians.