‘Thank You Nehraji’: Twitter user’s Reacts to Pacer’s Retirement News
New Delhi: Team India’s experienced fast bowler Ashish Nehra has announced retirement from cricket. Nehra will say goodbye to his 18-year-old cricketing career after the first T20 cricket to be held on November 1 in his home ground Ferozeshah Kotla New Delhi against newland .
A senior BCCI official told that Nehra has told Chief Coach Ravi Shastri and Captain Virat Kohli about their decision.Nehra was recently selected in the Indian team for a series of three T-20 matches against Australia but at that time everyone was surprised when he did not get a place in the playing XI for the first two matches.
In 1999, Nehra, who led India in the captaincy of Mohammad Azharuddin, has played 17 Tests, 120 ODIs and 26 T20 Internationals. He took 44 wickets in Test matches, 157 ODIs and 34 wickets in T20.
As Nehra walks into the sunset, here’s a look at how Twitterati reacted to the news.
History will remember Ashish Nehra as a fighter who never gave up despite all the odds. https://t.co/SZcpAcKjR9
— Yatharth Mishra | यथार्थ मिश्र (@YatharthMishra_) October 11, 2017
History will remember Ashish Nehra as a fighter who never gave up despite all the odds. https://t.co/SZcpAcKjR9
— Yatharth Mishra | यथार्थ मिश्र (@YatharthMishra_) October 11, 2017
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
https://twitter.com/spylad_10/status/918121120695336960
235 international wickets in a career of almost 2 decades "Ashish Nehra" will retire from all Cricket on November 1 in Delhi. pic.twitter.com/0mgGxW0BMn
— Tabish Husain (@tabishh_husain) October 11, 2017
#BREAKING
Ashish Nehra to play his last international match on November 1 at Feroz Shah Kotla. pic.twitter.com/Pzw0dzMgEz— DharaniDharan T K (@Its_TKD) October 11, 2017
Hope @virendersehwag drops nehra ji to kotla on his new car on 1 November like earlier.#ThankYouNehraji pic.twitter.com/KMfoQCyuh7
— Shubham Makar (@shubhammakar) October 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/UtsavSRKian/status/918113957516161025/photo/1
"Ashish Nehra" served our country with distinction & selflessly.On his retirement we should wish him best of life from the core of our heart pic.twitter.com/H0fty7MfUb
— Raj Mohan (@raj_aarem) October 11, 2017
All the best, #Nehra ji! pic.twitter.com/L20lPsvYr5
— Tareque Laskar (@tarequelaskar) October 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/bhalla_amarpal/status/918101111956955136
