Wisden overview
Ashish Nehra brings to the popping-crease most of the virtues of a classical left-arm fast bowler – pace, accuracy, subtle variations of line and length, an ability to move the ball off the wicket and a devastating late inswinger that can harass the best. Nehra came out of his first full tour - to Zimbabwe in 2000-01 - with his reputation as one of the most promising new-ball bowlers on the international circuit vastly enhanced. His performance at Bulawayo played a key role in India winning a first Test outside the subcontinent in 15 years. Eminently capable of slipping in the fast yorker, Nehra at his best is capable of evoking images of a youthful Wasim Akram. Dileep Premachandran

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