Indian fast bowler Ashish Nehra has confirmed that he will retire from cricket after playing in the opening match of the three-match Twenty20 series against New Zealand on November 1 at his home ground in Delhi.
Speaking to the media, he also confirmed that he will call it quit all forms of cricket including IPL.
Nehra made his debut for India during the test series against Sri Lanka in 1999 under the captaincy of Mohammed Azharuddin and helped his country reach the 2003 World Cup final.
Throughout his career, he has played 17 tests, 120 ODIs and 26 T20 Internationals. In his career, he picked 44 Test, 157 ODI and 34 T20 wickets.
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However, the 38-year-old has been plagued by injuries and last played for India in February.
“I was always mentally strong. Whenever I was training, I was training to play for India. I am that sort of a person that I train day in, day out just to play for India. I know that I am retiring in November, there are five months and I can easily play the IPL or I could have played another year of international cricket also. But that’s my decision, once I leave, I will leave. I won’t even play the IPL,” he added.
With his retirement, he will bring to an end his 18-year career in cricket.
Here is a glimpse of his 'death' bowling.
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