Profile
Few bowlers can be as ordinary and unplayable in equal measure as Ashish Nehra. A left-arm seamer with a side-on action, the Delhi born player is gifted with pace and swing. His earliest taste of international cricket came in 1999 against Sri Lanka in a one-off Test appearance that resulted in a draw. He returned to the fold two years hence during India's tour of Zimbabwe, playing all of the 2 Tests and 5 ODIs. While notching an economy rate of 3 in the ODIs, a poor display in the finals undid all his earlier work. In Tests though, Nehra failed to achieve notable breakthroughs as a front-line seamer.
He remained in the fold until 2005, being a part of India's 2003 World Cup final run and the side’s respectable showing in Australia at the Border-Gavaskar Trophy the same year. Yet, under the hood, it became clear that Nehra's inclusion was only a stop-gap arrangement until Irfan Pathan and Zaheer Khan became accomplished and by 2005, that left-arm pairing became consistent enough to replace Nehra.
For four years, there was no talk of Nehra before he earned a surprise call-up in 2009 to tour the West Indies. Still it seemed his inconsistencies hadn't been ironed out, but as a strike bowler his knack for taking wickets saw an upswing. Regular 3-fors and 4-fors, along with injuries to the young breed kept Nehra's slot until 2010.
He was named in the 15-member Indian squad for the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, but missed out on most of the matches. He received a lot of flak for a poor final over in the match against South Africa in the league stage which India lost. After that, he was dropped. However, given his experience he was recalled into the playing eleven for the crucial semi-final against Pakistan where he put up a decent performance. The rest is history and in spite of his inconsistent performances, Nehra’s name will forever be etched as part of Dhoni’s World Cup victors.
Fast Facts
- Ashish Nehra's impressive figures of 6 for 23 helped India win a crucial tie against England in the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup.
Statistics
Show:
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Runs |
NO |
Avg. |
SR |
100's |
50's |
HS |
| Test |
17 |
25 |
77 |
11 |
5.5 |
30.07 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
| ODI |
120 |
46 |
141 |
21 |
5.64 |
57.31 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
| T20 |
8 |
3 |
22 |
0 |
7.33 |
137.5 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
| IPL |
44 |
10 |
38 |
8 |
19 |
82.60 |
0 |
0 |
22* |
| CLT20 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Balls |
Runs |
Wickets |
BBI |
BBM |
Avg. |
Econ. |
4w |
5w |
10w |
Extras |
| Test |
17 |
29 |
3447 |
1866 |
44 |
4/72 |
/ |
42.40 |
3.24 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
77 |
| ODI |
120 |
120 |
5751 |
4981 |
157 |
6/23 |
/ |
31.72 |
5.19 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
217 |
| T20 |
8 |
8 |
186 |
274 |
13 |
3/19 |
/ |
21.07 |
8.83 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| IPL |
44 |
44 |
947 |
1192 |
48 |
3/13 |
/ |
24.83 |
7.55 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
35 |
| CLT20 |
3 |
3 |
61 |
66 |
0 |
0/20 |
/ |
- |
6.49 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
| |
Catches |
Stumpings |
Runouts |
| Test |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| ODI |
18 |
0 |
7 |
| T20 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
| IPL |
13 |
0 |
2 |
Career
Span:
- Test:
- 1999-2004
- ODI:
- 2001-2011
- T20:
- 2009-2011
- IPL:
- 2008-2012
- CLT20:
- 2009-2009
- Test
-
- Debut:
- India Vs Sri Lanka at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo - Feb 24, 1999
- Last played:
- India Vs Pakistan at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi - Apr 13, 2004
- ODI
-
- Debut:
- India Vs Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club, Harare (Salisbury) - Jun 24, 2001
- Last played:
- India Vs Pakistan at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali - Mar 30, 2011
- T20
-
- Debut:
- India Vs Sri Lanka at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur - Dec 09, 2009
- Last played:
- India Vs South Africa at Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban - Jan 09, 2011
- IPL
-
- Debut:
- Mumbai Indians Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (Bombay) - Apr 20, 2008
- Last played:
- Pune Warriors India Vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune - May 19, 2012
- CLT20
-
- Debut:
- Delhi Daredevils Vs Victoria at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi - Oct 09, 2009
- Last played:
- Delhi Daredevils Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore - Karnataka - Oct 17, 2009
