Ashish Nehra

Personal info.

Full name Ashish Nehra Born 29 April 1979 Delhi , India Batting style Right-handed Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium.

International info.

National side India Test debut (cap 17 ) 24 February 1999 v Sri Lanka ODI debut (cap 117 ) 21 June 2001 v Zimbabwe ODI shirt no. 64

More info.

Indian cricketer (left-arm fast bowler) who has represented India at the international level since 1999. Nehra started playing first-class cricket for his hometown, Delhi , in the 1997/1998 season and made his Test debut against Sri Lanka at Colombo in 1999 and his ODI debut against Zimbabwe at Harare in 2001. On his Test debut, Nehra started out well, dismissing Marvan Atapattu early but then failed to pick up any more wickets. Similarly, he dismissed Alistair Campbell with only his 2nd ball in ODIs. He was also part of the Indian team 's run at the 2003 World Cup in South Africa . It was there against England , that he got his career-best ODI figures ofsix for 23. His performance in the other matches in the World Cup were also noteworthy. However inconsistency and successive back and ankle injurieshave prevented him from cementing his place in the Indian team . His career statistics are better in ODI cricket than in Test cricket , but with 144 ODI wickets at an average of 30.54 his average is higher(lesser the best)than all three of his main competitors for fast bowling places in the Indian team - Irfan Pathan , Zaheer Khan and Ajit Agarkar , who all have bowling averages below 30. The new cropof fast bowlers like Munaf Patel , RP Singh and Ishant Sharma also add to the competition. Nevertheless, Nehra completed recovery from a bowel injury in March 2006 and is trying to makea comeback into the Indian team. He hit the headlines with creditable showings in the secondseason of the IPL, and was recalled to the ODI squad for the tour of West Indies in June 2009 after 4 years due to an injury to Zaheer Khan . In 2011 Cricket World Cup , Nehra played his first game vs South Africa. He was expensive giving away 65 runs during 8.4 wicket less overs. He gave away 16 runs in 4 balls when he had todefend 13 runs in the last over. After this, many thought Nehra's world cup was over. he however was a surprise inclusion against Pakistan in the semi-final ahead of Ravichandran Ashwin . Nehra redeemed himself by being the most economical bowler for his side taking 2 wickets in 10 overs for a mere 33 runs as India beat Pakistan by 29 runs. He however could not play the final due to a fractured finger on his right hand.

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