Nehra Talks Virat, Chappell, Kumble and Jadeja !!!

[velu]

 

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"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," says Ashish Nehra as he gets ready to bid adieu to the game that has given him everything in all these years.

 

A total of 163 international matches across three formats in 20 years is not the greatest piece of statistic but the straight-talking Nehra will remain an enigma for what he could have achieved had he not gone under the knife 12 times in his career.

 

"I didn't play much under Greg Chappell save two series in 2005 (in Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe). Mujhe pahle series se hi maloom thaa yeh biryani, khichdi bannewali hain Greg ke under (I knew biryani would turn into Khichdi under Greg)”.

"That's where Gary (Kirsten) was such a superb coach. He discussed strategies with MS (Dhoni) but on field, he never interfered with MS' style of functioning. But I still believe Chappell could have been a terrific coach for juniors," Nehra observed.

 

 

Talk about Virat Kohli and Nehra would say that Ravi Shastri is the ideal foil for Kohli.

"Look Virat's career and captaincy are on auto-pilot mode right now. He knows what he is doing and leads by example. He doesn't need gyaan (sermons) but support which Ravi gives him in abundance," he said.

"You know the best part about Ravi. If a player is going through a rough patch, he is the man. Even if the player is not able to middle a single ball in the nets, Ravi would make him believe that he is as good as Brain Lara! Now that might sound ludicrous to an outsider but those who understand cricket know that this is man-management," he said.

When asked about Anil Kumble, he didn't say much but had a subtle take on what a n ideal coach-captain relationship.

"If a coach, suppose is 50 years old and the captain is 28, it is the duty of the coach to understand the psyche of a 28-year-old and not the other way round. It doesn't work the other way. Not in cricket at least."

Will he become the bowling coach of the Indian team if offered the role?

"No such plans as of now. Yes, I will do a bit of coaching and commentary but if you talking about Indian team, no such thoughts till 2019 World Cup. After that, let's see what happens."

 

“For me, Ajay Jadeja and Mahendra Singh Dhoni are the two shrewdest cricketing brains I have ever interacted with,” says Nehra when asked to pick his favourites.

 

 

bang on target about kumble .. matured guy wont run to press to publish his side of the story ..

kohli handled this situation well

 

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[Ankit_sharma03]

ye biryani khichdi ban ne wali hai

[SK_IH]

he is lucky he is getting a chance to retire like this,such privileges have not been bestowed upon other better cricketers

[velu]

11 minutes ago, SK_IH said:

he is lucky he is getting a chance to retire like this,such privileges have not been bestowed upon other better cricketers

 

kohlis PR team is better than dhonis pr team 

[velu]

2 minutes ago, Shaz1 said:

Poor Kumble he got the hard treatment by a chota bacha. 

he deserves it .. after the fiasco he ran to the media instead of kepping it within themselves proves thta he is a douchebag 

[wanted_desi]

12 hours ago, velu said:

he deserves it .. after the fiasco he ran to the media instead of kepping it within themselves proves thta he is a douchebag 

So he should have said, they had awesome chemistry? 

[beetle]

Both kohli and kumble came out looking bad after the kumble non reappointment.

Nehra is right here although he may be looking at things from his dillimate's point of view like dravid is saying things from his karnataka mate's point of view.

 

 

Or nehra ji is just trying to get kohli to take him in the playing eleven in his farewell match. Nehraji has put himself and the team in quite a conundrum.

[Laaloo]

19 hours ago, velu said:

 

kohlis PR team is better than dhonis pr team 

dhonis pr team is out of this world. He even has free unpaid interns like you on this site slogging day and night