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Ashish Nehra

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Player profile

Full name Ashish Nehra
Born April 29, 1979, Delhi
Current age 29 years 18 days
Major teams India, Asia XI, Delhi, Mumbai Indians
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm medium-fast

Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 17 25 11 77 19 5.50 256 30.07 0 0 8 3 5 0
ODIs 72 26 14 87 24 7.25 124 70.16 0 0 8 2 10 0
First-class 74 87 28 493 43 8.35 0 0 23 0
List A 125 53 24 263 24 9.06 0 0 16 0
Twenty20 9 3 3 3 2* - 12 25.00 0 0 0 0 5 0

Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 17 29 3447 1866 44 4/72 6/117 42.40 3.24 78.3 2 0 0
ODIs 72 72 3576 2859 92 6/23 6/23 31.07 4.79 38.8 2 2 0
First-class 74 14221 7335 250 7/14 29.34 3.09 56.8 12 4
List A 125 6175 4821 148 6/23 6/23 32.57 4.68 41.7 3 2 0
Twenty20 9 9 168 216 10 3/13 3/13 21.60 7.71 16.8 0 0 0

Career statistics
Test debut Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (SSC), Feb 24-28, 1999 scorecard
Last Test Pakistan v India at Rawalpindi, Apr 13-16, 2004 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Jun 24, 2001 scorecard
Last ODI India v New Zealand at Harare, Sep 6, 2005 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut 1997/98
Last First-class Haryana v Delhi at Rohtak, Jan 10-12, 2007 scorecard
List A debut 1997/98
Last List A Bengal v Delhi at Visakhapatnam, Apr 2, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Mumbai Indians v Bangalore Royal Challengers at Mumbai, Apr 20, 2008 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders at Mumbai, May 16, 2008 scorecard
 Profile

Ashish Nehra brings to the popping-crease most of the virtues of a classical left-arm fast bowler - pace, accuracy, subtle variations of line and length, an ability to move the ball off the wicket and a devastating late inswinger that can harass the best. He came out of his first full tour - to Zimbabwe in 2000-01 - with his reputation as one of the most promising new-ball bowlers on the international circuit vastly enhanced, and his performance at Bulawayo played a key role in India's winning a Test outside the subcontinent for the first time in 15 years. He struggled to establish himself thereafter, as inconsistency and injuries saw him slip down the pace bowling list. The high point of that difficult period came in the 2003 World Cup against England, where he scalped 6-23 and then threw up by the side of the pitch. Surgery on a troublesome ankle, and an indifferent tour of Australia followed, but having ceased to be an automatic pick, he performed creditably in Pakistan. Eminently capable of slipping in the fast yorker, Nehra at his best is capable of evoking images of a youthful Wasim Akram.
Dileep Premachandran



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  • Haryana record thumping win (Dec 18, 2006)
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    Sep 5, 2005

    Ashish Nehra tries his hand, or foot, at another sport
    Ashish Nehra tries his hand, or foot, at another sport
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    Aug 26, 2005

    Ashish Nehra celebrates the wicket of Nathan Astle
    Ashish Nehra celebrates the wicket of Nathan Astle
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    Aug 9, 2005

    Ashish Nehra is overjoyed after dismissing Kumar Sangakkara
    Ashish Nehra is overjoyed after dismissing Kumar Sangakkara
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