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Former India quick bowler Ashish Nehra expressed his remorse over not taking part in sufficient Test cricket throughout his 18-year-long worldwide profession as a result of persistent harm points.
“I love Test cricket and I still regret that I didn’t play enough Test cricket because of injuries,” he stated in the course of the Sportstar Sports Conclave Goa in Panjim on Friday.
Though Nehra made his worldwide debut with Test cricket in 1999, he solely featured in 17 matches within the longest format and performed his remaining Test in 2004.
On the relevance and well being of the five-day format within the worldwide calendar, the 44-year-old stated that the survival of Test cricket will rely on good scheduling of ICC’s Future Tours Programme (FTP), whereas additionally making a case for the internet hosting of Test matches in conventional centres resembling Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai for elevated viewership.
While inserting Test cricket on a hallowed pedestal, Nehra additionally credited the Indian Premier League (IPL) for unearthing expertise that might have in any other case gone unnoticed on the home circuit.
“Earlier, when there was no IPL, so many people took so many wickets and scored so many runs in First-Class cricket, but they never even played an India ‘A’ game. Now, even 17 and 18-year-old fast bowlers can be spotted even if they haven’t played domestic cricket. Now, when there is a talent, it will come forward,” he defined.
On India’s ICC title drought, Nehra, who was a part of the 2011 World Cup-winning squad, stated that groups shouldn’t be judged solely primarily based on the variety of ICC trophies they win.
“We can’t be desperate about winning ICC trophies. We have to be patient and the way the team has been playing in the last few years, I don’t think an ICC trophy is very far away. We shouldn’t judge a team based on how many ICC trophies it wins because there is so much other cricket also happening.”
Talking about Virat Kohli, Nehra stated that the previous India skipper ought to proceed taking part in so long as he loved the sport and hailed the 35-year-old’s health.
Nehra, head coach of IPL 2022 winner Gujarat Titans, stated he was a agency believer in teaching off the sector and past the technicalities of the sport.
“On the field, when there is practice, you talk about technique and all. I firmly believe that you can teach them off the field. You can discuss life, and I always try and give them suggestions so that they don’t make the mistakes I did,” he stated.
Nehra, born in Delhi, revealed that his spouse was the first purpose for his transfer to Goa seven years in the past.
“My wife brought me to Goa. I am not a Delhi kind of person, and my wife also grew up outside India. So, after we had kids, we wanted to live in a quieter place with less traffic. She was keen on living in a place that is less hectic and has less pollution,” he defined.
Though Nehra admitted he didn’t communicate with native cricket within the State, he contended that the shortage of correct infrastructure shouldn’t be an excuse for lagging. “You have to have that desire and you will find a way,” he stated.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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