Ashish Nehra

Ashish Nehra

Personal information
Full name	Ashish Nehra
Born	(1979-04-29) 29 April 1979 (Delhi), India
Bowling style	Left arm medium-fast
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 220)	24 February 1999 v Sri lanka
Last Test	13 April 2004 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 117)	21 June 2001 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	30 March 2011 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.	64
T20I debut (cap 25)	9 December 2009 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I	9 January 2011 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1997–present	Delhi
2008	Mumbai Indians
2009–2010	Delhi Daredevils
2011–2012	Pune Warriors India
2013	Delhi Daredevils
2014- present	Chennai Super Kings
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA Matches 17 120 78 174 Runs scored 80 141 515 341 Batting average 5.50 6.08 8.30 8.31 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 6/0 Top score 19 24 43 24 Balls bowled 3447 5609 14829 8406 Wickets 44 157 257 217 Bowling average 42.40 31.56 29.87 32.13 5 wickets in innings 0 2 12 2 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 4 n/a Best bowling 4/72 6/23 7/14 6/23 Catches/stumpings 5/– 17/– 24/– 25/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 January 2011

Ashish Diwansingh Nehra (<phonos file="Ashish_Nehra.ogg">pronunciation</phonos> Hindi: आशीष नेहरा; born 29 April 1979) is an 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 of six for 23. His performance in the other matches in the World Cup were also noteworthy.

However inconsistency and successive back and ankle injuries have 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 crop of 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 make a comeback into the Indian team.

He hit the headlines with creditable showings in the second season 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 wicketless overs. He gave away 16 runs in 4 balls when he had to defend 13 runs in the last over. After this, many thought Nehra's world cup was over. He was, however, 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. After recovering from his injury, Nehra made himself available for the 2011 ODI series in England; after being ignored, he commented that he was 'deeply hurt'. Despite the backing of former Indian bowler Manoj Prabhakar and a decent Ranji season, he was ignored for the subsequent tour of Australia as well.Recently Nehra made comeback in the T20 squad for India's tour of Australia 2016

Domestic career

Being out of the reckoning for the national side, he continued to perform for Delhi. In the 2013-14 Ranji Trophy, he took 6/16 from 10 overs to bowl out Vidarbha for a meagre 88 in the 1st innings at the Roshanara Club Ground at Delhi

IPL

After recovering from the ankle injury that prevented him from playing for the Delhi Ranji Team in the 2007–08 season, Nehra joined the Indian Premier League and signed up for the Mumbai Indians franchise. He won the Man of the Match for the game versus Rajasthan Royals taking three wickets on 7 May 2008. He played for the Delhi DareDevils from 2009. He was picked up by Pune Warriors India in the latest 2011 IPL player auction for a sum of Rs. 3.91 crores,. Nehra was ruled out of IPL-4 for first few matches due to a fractured finger on his right hand. He came back again in the IPL-5. He was swapped up with Ross Taylor to play for Delhi Daredevils in IPL 6. In the 2014 IPL auction Nehra was bought by the Chennai Super Kings for ₹2,00,00,000. He bowled really well in IPL 8. He took 22 wickets in 16 games at an average of 20 with an economy of 7.2 and proved his worth once again and was one of the highest wicket takers in competition to his team mate who won the purple cap Dwayne bravo

International career

ODI 5-wicket hauls

#	Opponent	Colombo]]	9 Aug 2005	10-1-59-6

against srilanka 10-1-59-6

against england 2003 10-3-23-6

External links

• Cricinfo Player Profile : Ashish Nehra