At my age, I am still a fast bowler: Nehra
new delhi — Ashish Nehra has been the proverbial Phoenix rising from the ashes everytime the Doubting Thomases write his cricketing epitaph.
And the ever-smiling pacer is far from finished even after hitting the wiser side of 30s, enjoying his cricket as he outwits opposition batsmen with pace and guile.
“At my age (he will be 38 next month), I am still a fast bowler. I was never the conventional 125128 kmph bowler. Even today with the new ball, I set myself a target of bowling 138 kmph and I have to do that. Speed is not everything but if need be I can crank it upto 140 plus in T20s also,” Nehra told PTI in an interview.
Does it put pressure on him that even current skipper Virat Kohli wants him in the team as much
Speed is not everything but if need be I can crank it upto 140 plus in T20s also Ashish Nehra
as a Sourav Ganguly or MS Dhoni did during his hey days?
“If anyone says that he doesn’t feel pressure at international level is lying. But at this stage of my career more than pressure, I feel a sense of responsibility as a senior cricketer — to help young bowlers with inputs.
What if India wants him during the 2019 50-over World Cup? He breaks into laughter at the very suggestion. “2019 is too far away and I can’t play that far at my age.” — PTI