Ashish Nehra

Trivia

• He plays for the Delhi DareDevils from 2009.
• He won the Man of the Match for the game versus Rajasthan Royals taking three wickets on 7 May, 2008.
• Nehra joined the Indian Premier League and signed up for the Mumbai Indians franchise.
• After recovering from the ankle injury that prevented him from playing for the Delhi Ranji Team in the 2007-08 season.
• 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.
• 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.