Ashish Nehra is retiring from all forms of cricket. Nehra does not seem to be troubled before putting an end to a 20-year long career of his. He rejoices every moment he played cricket and will retire a legend irrespective of the fact that whether he gets to bid adieu and play his last international match in front of his home-crowd at Feroz Shah Kotla ground or not.
In an interview with PTI, Nehra spoke about his only regret, his experience with Greg Chapell and his journey ahead.
Nehra’s only regret
While Nehra has had a roller-coaster ride through his career, there is only one regret he has had in his career and it dates back to 2003 World Cup.
It’s been a great journey. May be one regret. If I could change anything in these 20 years, that afternoon in Johannesburg during the 2003 World Cup final. But nothing else as it’s all about destiny.
Nehra’s future plans
If a coach, suppose is 50 years old and the captain is 28, it is the duty of the coach to understand the psyche of a 28-year-old and not the other way round. It doesn’t work the other way. Not in cricket at least.
Nehra takes a dig at former Indian and controversial coach Greg Chappell
I didn’t play much under Greg Chappell save two series in 2005 (in Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe). Mujhe pahle series se hi maloom thaa yeh biryani, khichdi bannewali hain Greg ke under (I knew biryani would turn into Khichdi under Greg).
How Nehra wants to be remembered
Sports is nothing but moments. People remember that night. I would like them to remember me as an honest trier. Ek aisa shaqs jisne seekh ke khela nahin par khelke ke seekha (a person, who didn’t learn and play but played and learnt).
Well, Nehra’s fans will be hoping that he gets to play at Delhi. Though the question remains, who will he replace in the Indian side?
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