Now, the former left-arm pace bowler Ashish Nehra brought down curtains on his illustrious 18-year-old career which started back in 1999 on November 1. Nehra, who played his last match at the Feroz Shah Kotla against New Zealand, had also played his first match at the same venue in 1997. India captain Virat Kohli, after the match, congratulations Nehra for his resilience and said that he had been a great player for India to watch out for. While different social media platforms flooded with pictures and videos of the 38-year-old, a Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kohli fan group uploaded a Nehra farewell party video.
The left-arm-pacer during a post-match conversation with former Indian cricketer and famous commentator Sanjay Manjrekar mentioned that he is probably the one bowler who has bowled the most number of last overs for India. This is strange stats which is revealed by Ashish. The former left-arm pacer also did not fail to mention that Kohli wanted him to bowl much earlier in the last match that he played but he insisted to bowl the last over.
Laudatory Nehra on his career, in which he appeared in 17 Tests, 120 One-day Internationals (ODIs) and 27 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), Kohli said, "To have played 19 years is very hard for a fast bowler. I know how professional he's been and how hard he's worked. He deserved this kind of a farewell with the crowd cheering him. He can now spend time with his family, he's got a beautiful family. We'll stay in touch but we'll miss him and I wish him all the best.
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