Here’s a look at the international career of Ashish Nehra in charts, as the left-arm pacer retired from the game after the first T20I against New Zealand.
After being active for close to 18 years at the international cricket — battling form, injuries, competition from players half his age, Ashish Nehra finally decided to end it once and for all on Wednesday, in front of his home crowd at Feroz Shah Kotla against New Zealand. [caption id=“attachment_4189265” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]![India’s Ashish Nehra waves to the crowd as he bids farewell at the end of his last international match, during their first Twenty20 cricket match against New Zealand. AP]()
India’s Ashish Nehra waves to the crowd after his final international match. AP[/caption] Although Nehra managed to push his injury-prone body for close to two decades, those injuries ensured Nehra was never quite able to fulfil his potential for his country, particularly in the longest format, where he ended up appearing in one Test fewer than the number of years he was active as an international cricketer. Nehra signs off as a player who somehow defied everyone with his determination to be as relevant in 2017 as he was when he first started as a youngster in 1999. With his retirement, one of cricket’s last surviving players from the 1990s has called it a day. Here’s a look back at Nehra’s career in charts:
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