Suresh Raina reckons IPL captaincy 'can't' prepare a player to lead India; 'You’ll gain experience but..'

The IPL 2022 mega-auction has been completed with 10 franchises spending approx Rs 5,51,70,00,000 (Rs 5.52 billion approximately) on a total of  204 players including 67 overseas. However, fans are still not happy with the franchises as none of them expressed their wish to bid for former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina even MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings. Suresh Raina is also known as 'Mr. IPL' as the batter has performed brilliantly in most of the seasons of the IPL. However, in last year IPL 'Chinna Thala' Suresh Raina seemed off-color and therefore the former CSK batter could not find a single bidder. 

Now, in an interview with the Indian Express, Suresh Raina was asked various questions and one of them was whether IPL captaincy can prepare a player to lead India in the future. Suresh Raina expressed that IPL gives you the experience, however, it cannot prove a player's credentials as a skipper to lead India in the future. 

"You’ll definitely gain experience. But leading a Ranji Trophy team or leading India A can prepare you for the role of pressure in the India jersey. IPL is a different culture, it helps but it’s one and a half months. But a state captain for Ranji or Duleep or India A or T20 Championship runs for six months. That gives you an idea of the captaincy method and format. IPL is two months long, it has different voices — the coaches, the owners. So I don’t think you can tell a captain’s credentials from the IPL. The pressure of leading India, with one lakh people inside the ground and the whole world watching, is the true test of how a captain will handle responsibility," said Suresh Raina.