T20 squad: Suresh Raina's return to international cricket after a year

In South Africa, Raina scored 88 runs in three T20Is at average 29.33 and strike-rate 151.72

On February 18, at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, as India took on South Africa in the first of the three-match Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) series, something unusual transpired. As the attacking opening stand was broken, it wasn’t the known form of Virat Kohli walking out to bat at No 3. Much to the Bull Ring’s disappointment, Suresh Raina took strike instead, marking his return to international cricket after a year.
 
Kohli’s adventurism in chopping and changing team combinations as well as batting line-ups is now well documented. Even so, there was a compelling argument against this move — the