IPL: 5 Players with most final appearances

Suresh Raina (6 appearances for CSK)

Raina prostrated on his knee and launching the ball over long-on has been one of the more recurring pictures of the IPL

Chennai Super Kings' man Friday, Suresh Raina has been the solitary stable element in IPL's most celebrated franchise over the years. Along with Dhoni, he has featured in all finals CSK have appeared in. One of India's first T20 specialists, Raina defined the template for batting at one-drop. With an inherently attacking instinct, but a head stable enough to see him through the tougher times at the crease, Raina has arguably been the most consistent batsman in the IPL, so much so that his worst season adds up to a relatively high tally of 374 runs.

This year, he has shown himself in a different light as well, playing out the good bowlers and anchoring the innings on a few occasions after an indifferent start to the season, where he was often guilty of pre-meditating his shots against express pace.

Performance in finals:

209 runs at an average of 41.8 and a strike rate of 163.28