Suresh Raina's nine year-long love affair with the Indian Premier League was a story that evolved in the public eye. Right from its inception, it was clear that Raina had been smitten. Somewhere down the line though, the relationship seemed to have been strangulated; it seemed to have run its course of time. Not just the three ordinary knocks at the start of the tournament this year, but an entire season following his axing from the One-Day International (ODI) side in 2015 backs up the theory.