Experience Indian pace bowler Ashish Nehra had declared his retiring date it will come against New Zealand. Indian Veteran speedster Ashish Nehra has decided to retire from competitive cricket after the first T20 International against New Zealand at his home ground, Feroz Shah Kotla, on November first. Currently, Nehra was included in India squad against Australia for T-20 International.
According to a senior BCCI official, the 38-year-old Nehra has intimated his decision to chief coach Ravi Shastri and skipper Virat Kohli. With ICC not opening any World T20 Tournament in the next year 2018, Nehra told it appears that the team management that it is only fair that to put youth and performing juniors have a longer rope.
It is understood that Nehra won't play even in the Indian Premier League's next season. Making his India debut back in 1999 under the captaincy of Indian former skipper Mohammed Azharuddin, Nehra has so far played 17 Tests, 120 ODIs and 26 T20 Internationals for the country. He has picked 44 Test wickets, besides 157 ODI and 34 T20 victims.
Ashish swing bowling will be remembered for a long time as his services for his team as he is the role model for youth also, Nehra was recently picked for the three-match T20 International series against Australia but everyone was surprised when he did not figure in the playing XI for the first two matches.
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