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Updated on May 28th 2022, 4:04:39 am

Top 5 Best Ashish Nehra bowling Performances

The single best bowling performance in the career of Ashish Nehra and the match which made him.a star was against England in 2003 world cup. Check out here the best Ashish Nehra bowling Performances.

Ashish Nehra is a name that may be overlooked by some people but he is one of the first left arm pacer from India that made their name in international cricket and that fans knew about and he was a character of the field as well with his sense of humor. Now he is the current Head Coach of the Gujarat Titans and they are doing very well in the IPL. We will talk about his bowling records below. Ashish Nehra was a very likable player as well.


Ashish Nehra played 17 Test Matches in his career which is very less as compared to the talent he has but in those 17 Test Matches he took 44 wickets. His speciality was the ODI format where he played 120 Matches and he took a total of 157 wickets at an average of 31.73 with 7 Four wicket hauls and 2 Give wicket hauls in his ODI career. He also played 27 T20I Matches for India where he took 34 wickets so he was an all format veteran. Let’s look at his Top 5 Best bowling performances.


6/23 vs England (2003)

The single best bowling performance in the career of Ashish Nehra and the match which made him.a star was this World Cup match against England. India batted first and they made a good score of 250 in their 50 overs and while chasing Ashish Nehra did not allow the England batters to get in any kind of rhythm and he took 6 wickets in 10 overs and he gave away only 23 runs that means an economy of 2.3 per over. He became a household name after this incredible performance.


6/59 vs Sri Lanka (2005)

Even though this performance came in a losing cause it is still one of the best bowling performances of Ashish Nehra. Sri Lanka were batting first in this match and every Bowler other than him was going for runs but not picking up any Wickets and then he stepped up and got 6 wickets in total in 10 overs giving away 59 runs and getting his second 5 wicket haul in ODIs.


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4/72 vs Pakistan (2005)

It looks like 2005 was a great career year for Ashish Nehra as the third bowling performance that we are talking about came against Pakistan in 2005 in a high scoring match. India scored a massive 356 in their 50 overs and while chasing even though Ashish Nehra went for over 7 runs an over he picked up 4 important Wickets which allowed India to win this match by 58 runs. It was a memorable performance in the career of Ashish Nehra.


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4/35 vs Sri Lanka (2003)

This is the second performance from the 2003 World Cup we will be talking about so it can be said that Ashish Nehra had a stellar campaign at that tournament and in this match against Sri Lanka he was at his lethal best. While batting first In this match, India got 292 runs on the board and while chasing Ashish Nehra got 4 wickets in just 7 overa while giving away 35 runs in his spell and India won by a mammoth 183 runs. It was a demolition of the Sri Lankan team.


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3/31 vs West Indies (2009)

The last bowling performance that we will be talking about came against West Indies in 2009 at Wanderers in Johannesburg. West Indies were batting first In this match and Ashish Nehra was quick on the action as he got 3 important wickets and in just 8 overs while giving away only 31 runs and West Indies were bowled out for 129 which India chased down easily.

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Watch his performance at 2003 World Cup - 6/23