Ashish Nehra

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Ashish Nehra India (Ind)
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Left-arm medium-fast
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	17	72
Runs scored	77	87
Batting average	5.50	7.25
100s/50s	-/-	-/-
Top score	19	24
Overs bowled	574.3	596
Wickets	44	92
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/-
As of 4 February 2006 Source: Cricinfo.com

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 and after bowling, threw up at the side of the pitch after eating a banana. 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. His delivery timed at 149.7 kmph during the World Cup 2003 is widely regarded as the fastest ever delivery bowled by a left armer in one day internationals.

However inconsistency and successive back and ankle injuries prevent 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 all have bowling averages below 30. The new crop of fast bowlers like Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and Munaf Patel 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.

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• Cricinfo Player Profile : Ashish Nehra

	India squad - 2003 Cricket World Cup Runners-up
1 Ganguly (c) | 2 Dravid | 3 Sehwag | 4 Tendulkar | 5 Kumble | 6 Harbhajan | 7 Srinath | 8 Zaheer | 9 Nehra | 10 Mongia | 11 P Patel | 12 Bangar | 13 Agarkar | 14 Yuvraj | 15 Kaif | Coach: Wright