SURESH RAINA is turning out to be an exciting find for the Indian cricket team. In the Asia cup 2008 match against Bangladesh, he scored another century – and bagged the man-of-the-match award. He has achieved this distinction three times in a row in this series. He got a life when he was on 16 and capitalised on this by remaining 119 not out – it included three sixes. Raina hails from Uttar Pradesh and has been in the One Day International (ODI) squad since July 2005, but has not been capped for the test team so far. He is a left handed batsman and a useful off spin bowler. His ability to hit the stumps from infield has been a great asset for him. It was mainly due to his partnership with Gautam Gambhir that added 139 runs for the second wicket and provided the impetus that propelled the Indian team to their victory. Gambhir contributed 90 runs and missed out on his century by a whisker. Robin Uthappa (two) and Rohit Sharman (22) went cheaply and if the Bangladeshis had held on to three vital catches, it would have been a different story.