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Nehra’s field day with India cricketers
Kolkata, Nov 17 (IANS) Just-retired left-arm pacer Ashish Nehra was on Friday involved in friendly banter with his Indian teammates playing against Sri Lanka in the first Test on his new-found role as commentator.
Bringing down the curtains on his 18-year career on November 2 in a Twenty20 International against New Zealand at his Ferozshah Kotla home ground in New Delhi, Nehra immediately signed up his new innings for the India-Sri Lanka series.
Ahead of the second day of the first Test, Nehra was seen talking to India’s bowlers including Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja.
The 38-year old was also having a chat with bowling coach Bharat Arun.
“That was nothing to do with cricket,” Nehra told reporters when asked what was the talk about in the morning.
“When I was on the camera they all were laughing. Because they have seen me in suit so…I went to say hello to them. It was nothing to do with cricket.
“Bharat Arun was there so we had a laugh about my new role,” Nehra added.
In his 18-year career littered with injuries, Nehra picked up 157 wickets in 120 ODIs and 44 wickets in 17 Tests. In T20s, which was his chosen format in his twilight days, he took 34 wickets in 27 games.
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The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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