| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting style | Right hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Left arm medium fast | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Tests | ODIs | ||
| Matches | 17 | 72 | ||
| Runs scored | 77 | 87 | ||
| Batting average | 5.50 | 7.25 | ||
| 100s/50s | -/- | -/- | ||
| Top score | 19 | 24 | ||
| Balls bowled | 574.3 | 596 | ||
| Wickets | 44 | 93 | ||
| Bowling average | 42.40 | 31.07 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | - | 2 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | - | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | 4/72 | 6/23 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 5/- | 10/- | ||
| Source: [1], 4 February 2006 | ||||
Ashish Nehra 
pronunciation (help·info) (born April 29, 1979 in Delhi) 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. He was also the only Indian bowler who had an economy rate of less than 6 runs an over during the finals of the World Cup when Australia racked up 359.
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 92 ODI wickets at an average of 31.07 his average is higher 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 Sreesanth, Munaf Patel, RP Singh and Ishant Sharma also add to the competition. Nevertheless, Nehra completed recovery from a back injury in March 2006 and is trying to make a comeback into the Indian team.
Nehra has often been criticised for his poor fielding, and is regarded as one of the worst in international cricket, particularly his apparent disinterest and casual attitude towards fielding.
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.
IPL
After recovering from the ankle injury that prevented him from playing for the Delhi Ranji Team in the 2007-08 season[1], Nehra joined the Indian Premier League and signed up for the Mumbai Indians franchise[1]. He won the Man of the Match for the game versus Rajasthan Royals taking three wickets on 7 May, 2008. He plays for the Delhi DareDevils from 2009.
References
- ^ a b "Nehra for Mumbai Indians, Mishra for Delhi". Cricinfo. 2008-03-14. http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ipl/content/story/342455.html. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
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