Raina: light on his feet

[Rachael]

Cricinfo have offered a great writeup of Suresh Raina: see here.

Originally Posted by cricinfo

A great many of the batting artists of our age - Virender Sehwag, Damien Martyn, VVS Laxman - bat in a way that makes us admire the work of their hands rather than their feet. Batting was traditionally was thought to begin with, and indeed rest upon, a batsman's footwork. But the thickness and striking force of modern-day bats sometimes makes precise footwork redundant. Where ten years ago a batsman would push a good-length ball on the front foot to cover, he now stays put and flays the ball through point; even tail-enders now happily manage this. It has been a pleasure, then, to watch the two splendid half-centuries made over the last week at Faridabad and at Goa by young Suresh Raina, and to observe how much his batting owes to his supremely light feet.

Raina is emerging as one to watch before he's even played a single Test: along with Butt, Bell and Clarke.... he looks set to carry the torch for the perfectionists amongst us...

[DomainK]

Thats a nice article Rachel. Raina definitely is a very good prospect. He is yet to prove a few things though. When expectations rise and pressure mounts, the real character of a batsman comeout. He is definitely talented and has a good temperament. Lets see how his career graph moves now.