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Ashish NehraAshish Nehra

BornApril 29, 1979
Major TeamsIndia, Delhi
Known AsAshish Nehra
Batting StyleRight Hand Bat
Bowling StyleLeft Arm Medium Fast
Test Debut1998/99 against Sri Lanka at Colombo
ODI Debut2001 against Zimbabwe at Harare


Profile
Ashish Nehra made his debut against Sri Lanka at Colombo in February 1999, ending up with the sole wicket of Mahela Jayawardene and then he was left out in the wilderness. Nehra made his comeback in the Indian team in the recent test series against Zimbabwe. Nehra was the Indian find of that tour ending up with 11 wickets in three matches. Nehra grabbed a wicket on the second ball of his ODI debut.

News Articles
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Rain likely to play spoilsport in Durban also (2006-11-21)

Rain likely to spoil second one-dayer also (2006-11-21)

Sachin leads India Blues to huge victory (2006-10-02)

I've become mentally tougher: R P Singh (2006-09-28)

Ganguly, Laxman, Zaheer return for Challengers (2006-09-27)

Ganguly, Kumble, Laxman expected for Challenger squads (2006-09-25)
Ganguly can stage a comeback: Sehwag (2006-08-02)
Will there be a Zaheer Khan comeback? (2006-07-17)
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Test Statistics
 MINoRunsHsAve10050CtSt
Batting17251177195.500050
 OMRWAveBest5w10wSrEcon
Bowling574.312218664442.404/720078.33.24

One Day Statistics
 MINORunsHSAve10050SRCtSt
Batting461610612410.160072.6160
 OMRWAveBest4w5wSrEcon
Bowling387.42518295433.876/231143.04.71




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