Indian veteran left-arm, the fast bowler, Ashish Nehra earlier today announced his retirement from all forms of cricket after the first T20 international on November 1 against New Zealand at his home ground Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi. Nehra confirmed the speculations about his retirement in a press conference today and added that this decision would mean that he will never play competitive cricket of any type including IPL after his retirement.
The 38-year old senior campaigner who is also a part of the ongoing T20 series between India and Australia but hasn”t played a game yet is expected to take part in the game against New Zealand on November 1 which will conclude his long and successful career. Nehra made his debut in 1999 and was also a part of world cup winning team of 2011.
Twitter congratulated the speedster on his illustrious career and also marked it as an end of an era.
No more IPL as well, confirmed that Ashish Nehra will retire from all Cricket after the first T20 vs New Zealand on November 1 in Delhi
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) October 11, 2017
“Retirement From International Cricket, Its my own decision.”- Ashish Nehra #Cricket
— Rajesh Khilare (@Cricrajeshpk) October 12, 2017
Some cricketers who made intn'l debut after Ashish Nehra and are retired by now:
V Sehwag
T Dilshan
M Vaughn
Brett Lee
S Styris
K Sangakkara
Younis Khan
R Sarwan
Zaheer Khan
Graeme Smith
P Collingwood
B McCullum
S Watson
M Clarke
A Strauss
Ian Bell
Michael Hussey
M Johnson— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) October 12, 2017
Ashish Nehra is the only Indian to take two 6-wicket hauls in ODIs – 6/23 v Eng in 2003 WC & 6/59 v SL in 2005. #NehraJiRetires
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) October 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/ImAbhishek7_/status/918070923025989632
Nehra Ji was an important part of our winning #IPL campaign this year. Thank you @vijju006 for this nickname! pic.twitter.com/HTK07X3X4g
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) June 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/Bhupesh_live/status/918095448618950656
India's Ashish Nehra has announced his retirement following the #INDvNZ T20I in Delhi on November 1st. pic.twitter.com/sj3Ox42zPe
— ICC (@ICC) October 12, 2017
Congratulations on a wonderful career #AshishNehra ! We will always remember your wonderful spell in Durban at the 2003 World Cup! #ThankYouNehra 👏🏾🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/KnitiZ52mP
— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy) October 12, 2017
He's still the only 🇮🇳 player to take 6️⃣ wickets in a @cricketworldcup game!
Happy retirement to 2011 World Cup winner, Ashish Nehra! pic.twitter.com/Ambajm7Fso
— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) October 12, 2017
This is how Ashish Nehra said goodbye to International Cricket !! #Cricket pic.twitter.com/TGIMMgwk6l
— CricFit (@CricFit) October 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/GappistanRadio/status/918400460595146752
#ThrowbackThursday to @ChennaiIPL Days with Nehra Ji, A man who always has a smile on his face 😀 pic.twitter.com/cbCsjDduru
— Lakky (@lakshuakku) October 12, 2017
Ashish Nehra on his retirement ! #Cricket #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/2KoVYRLwNX
— CricFit (@CricFit) October 12, 2017
