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Nehra was born in Sadar Bazaar, Delhi Cantonment to Diwan Singh Nehra and Sumitra Nehra. Nehra was very passionate about cricket from an early age. Nehra would ride scooters with Virender Sehwag to the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium to be able to play cricket.
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...
- Male
- May 29, 1979
- India
- 1999-2005: The Early Years. Ashish Nehra made his debut in international cricket during a Test match against Sri Lanka under Mohammad Azharuddin's captaincy in 1999.
- 2009-2011: The Second Coming. Out of the national side due to injuries and loss of form in 2005, Nehra spent a few years in the wilderness. A bowel injury kept him out of cricket for the whole of 2006.
- 2016-2017: The Final Hurrah. In the aftermath of India's successful campaign in the 2011 World Cup, Nehra was continuously ignored by the selectors. Even though he was playing well in the domestic circuit and the IPL, the left-armer never came close to gaining a national comeback for a lengthy span of time.
May 30, 2022 · Ira Shukla. There is no denying the fact that Ashish Nehra is one of the best bowlers India has ever had. He is a legend in his own right. However, at the start of this IPL, not many would have ...
- Ira Shukla
As for the other six, they helped Nehra become the first Indian to take two ODI six-wicket hauls. In less than a month’s time he played his last ODI for four years. The seventh Nehra
With Zaheer Khan recovering from a shoulder injury, Nehra slowly assumed the role of a spearhead in ODI cricket and was a regular member of the Indian side from June 2009.
May 30, 2022 · Ashish Nehra became the first Indian to win the IPL as a head coach. Before Nehra's achievement, former players from Australia, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka were the only ones able to achieve the feat. Nehra also became the fourth cricketer to win the IPL both as a player and head coach.
