'Family was tensed during entire final over,' says Raina's brother

Mumbai: Suresh Raina's brother believes that the family was more tensed than the people of the entire country during the last over of the Twenty20 match against Australia, which Team India won by seven wickets.

"Yes, you can say so. We were more tensed in the final over and particularly before the last ball was delivered because had my brother missed the ball, he would have been the victim of our defeat,” Dinesh, Suresh Raina’s brother, said.

"We were tensed during the entire final over. But by the God's grace we won at last." 

"Everyone contributed in the victory. Rohit (Sharma), Shikhar (Dhawan), Virat (Kohli) and Yuvi all did well."

Raina's entire family was glued to TV at home and witnessed the nailbiting encounter.

"Suresh's wife was not in Australia with him. She is in Holland," the brother informed. 

Raina's brother refused to comment on Team India's 4-1 defeat in the ODIs. Suresh Raina was not a part of the ODI squad.

"I can't comment on whether Suresh's inclusion in the ODI team would have made any difference. It was selectors' decision (to drop him from the ODI team." 

"But with the recent victory in the Twenty20 matches, people will now forget the ODI loss. We are playing only Twnerty20s' till October and so people will easily forget our team performance in ODIs,” he signed off.