Ashish Nehra

India|Bowler
Ashish Nehra
INTL CAREER: 1999 - 2017
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Full Name

Ashish Nehra

Born

April 29, 1979, Delhi

Age

44y 325d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Left arm Medium fast

Playing Role

Bowler

Ashish Nehra had 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 could harass the best. But with all those gifts came a curse: a brittle body that may well have contributed to him playing his last Test as early as 2004. Still, T20 cricket, with its cap of only four overs, gave Nehra a lifeline, and at 36 he revived his international career, having rediscovered the ability to move the ball at 140kph, to become one of India's most successful bowlers in the 2016 T20 World Cup.

Nehra 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 in Bulawayo in that series played a key role in India 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 took 6 for 23. Surgery on a troublesome ankle, and an indifferent tour of Australia, followed. He pulled out midway through the 2005 Zimbabwe tour and had a succession of operations on his ankle that slowed down his career. He hit the headlines with creditable showings in the IPL, particularly in the second season, and was recalled to the ODI squad for the tour of the West Indies in June 2009.

His 31 ODI wickets in 2009 were the most he had ever taken in a year, and he followed it up with 28 in 2010 to establish his place in India's 2011 World Cup squad. He bowled a match-winning spell against Pakistan in the semi-final of that tournament, but his body failed him again - an on-field injury prevented him from playing the final, which India won to become world champions.

In the IPL, Nehra took 22 wickets for Chennai Super Kings in 2015, willing himself back into contention for India, whom he helped whitewash Australia 3-0 in a T20I series in 2015-16. He took that run of fine form into the Asia Cup and the 2016 T20 World Cup before calling it a day.

Nehra moved into coaching in the IPL after that, as bowling coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore for two seasons, and in 2022 was Gujarat Titans head coach when they won the title in their first year in the tournament.

Ashish Nehra Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests172934471866444/726/11742.403.2478.3200
ODIs120120575149811576/236/2331.725.1936.6520
T20Is2727588758343/193/1922.297.7317.2000
FC90-1696688323037/14-29.143.1255.9-144
List A201-970180862456/236/2333.005.0039.5920
T20s132132284536531624/104/1022.547.7017.5200

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests17251177195.5025630.07008350
ODIs1204621141245.6424657.3100123180
T20Is275028225.603971.79001240
FC9010931756579.69--01--250
List A201873546337*8.90--00--370
T20s13228156922*5.3010267.640043270
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Recent Matches of Ashish Nehra

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
India vs New Zealand--0/2901-Nov-2017DelhiT20I # 630
SRH vs Supergiant0*0/506-May-2017HyderabadT20
SRH vs Kings XI--3/4228-Apr-2017MohaliT20
SRH vs KKR--1/3515-Apr-2017Eden GardensT20
SRH vs MI0*1/4612-Apr-2017WankhedeT20

Photos of Ashish Nehra

The Gujarat Titans table at the IPL 2024 auction
Shubman Gill and Ashish Nehra have a chat near the surface in Chennai
Sachin Tendulkar makes a point to Ashish Nehra and Hardik Pandya before the game
Ashish Nehra and Vikram Solanki strategise
Hardik Pandya gives Ashish Nehra a post-win hug
Old team-mates Ashish Nehra and MS Dhoni catch up before the first game