Ashish Nehra hopes that his next 20 years are as eventful as last couple of decades

The old warhorse of Indian cricket, Ashish Nehra, hopes that the next twenty years of his life is as eventful as the last 20 years of his life. Nehra would receive an ideal farewell on November 1 where India takes on New Zealand for the 1st T20, at the pacer’s home ground at Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi.

Nehra announced that the match would be his final international game for India as he intends to retire from the game of cricket. The 38-year old has played his cricket with the likes of Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, who were devoid of an ideal farewell.

“If you can, then sprint. If not, then run. Can’t run? Then jog. Won’t jog? Then at least walk! Can’t walk? Then crawl but just keep on moving,” preached Ashish Nehra according to New Indian Express.

“Trust me, I have had an eventful 20 years. I am not a very emotional person. The next 20 years is what I am looking forward to. Hopefully, it will be as eventful as it has been since I started playing for Delhi in 1997,” added the Indian veteran who went under the knife a record number of times throughout his career.

The only regret for Nehra in his glittering career was the afternoon of the 2003 World Cup finals at Jo’Burg where the Indian bowlers were plundered all across the ground by the Australian batsmen.

“It’s been a great journey. Maybe 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,” stated Delhi veteran.

On his Delhi counterparts

“During my first Ranji Trophy game at Kotla, Delhi team had late Raman Lamba, Ajay Sharma, Atul Wassan and Robin Singh junior. Raman bhaiya and Ajay bhaiya, I have grown up bowling to them at Sonnet nets. Difficult to forget Raman Lamba. Dada player thaa (cricketing lingo for dominating batsman),” claimed the speedster.

“And Ajay Sharma, well I can tell you about his cricket. With no disrespect to all the current top spinners in our country — Ajay bhaiya would have murdered them even on rank turners. He was that good at the domestic level,” concluded Ashish Nehra.