PLAYER CAREER

Ashish Nehra

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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India1999–2017

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	17	25	25	25	1999-02-24	2004-04-13
ODI	112	45	45	45	2001-06-24	2011-03-30
T20I	27	5	5	5	2009-12-09	2017-11-01

164Internationals

246Career runs

0Centuries

235Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 17
Innings: 25
Runs: 77
Average: 5.50
Strike rate: 30.07
Highest score: 19
Not outs: 11
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 10
4s: 8
6s: 3
Balls faced: 256

Bowling

Matches: 17
Innings: 29
Balls: 3,447
Maidens: 122
Runs conceded: 1,866
Wickets: 44
Average: 42.40
Economy: 3.24
Strike rate: 78.34
Best innings: 4/72
Best match: 6/117
4 wickets: 2
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 17
Innings: 30
Catches: 5
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 5
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 5
Dismissals / inns: 0.166
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 120
Innings: 46
Runs: 141
Average: 5.64
Strike rate: 57.31
Highest score: 24
Not outs: 21
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 9
4s: 12
6s: 3
Balls faced: 246

Bowling

Matches: 120
Innings: 120
Balls: 5,751
Maidens: 55
Runs conceded: 4,981
Wickets: 157
Average: 31.72
Economy: 5.19
Strike rate: 36.63
Best innings: 6/23
Best match: 6/23
4 wickets: 5
5 wickets: 2
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 120
Innings: 120
Catches: 18
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 18
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 18
Dismissals / inns: 0.150
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

T20I

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 27
Innings: 5
Runs: 28
Average: 5.60
Strike rate: 71.79
Highest score: 22
Not outs: 0
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 3
4s: 1
6s: 2
Balls faced: 39

Bowling

Matches: 27
Innings: 27
Balls: 588
Maidens: 2
Runs conceded: 758
Wickets: 34
Average: 22.29
Economy: 7.73
Strike rate: 17.29
Best innings: 3/19
Best match: 3/19
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 27
Innings: 27
Catches: 4
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 4
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 4
Dismissals / inns: 0.148
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

162 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2017-11-01	India v New Zealand	T20I	India won by 53 runs
2017-10-13	Australia v India	T20I	No result
2017-02-01	India v England	T20I	India won by 75 runs
2017-01-29	India v England	T20I	India won by 5 runs
2017-01-26	India v England	T20I	England won by 7 wickets
2016-03-31	India v West Indies	T20I	West Indies won by 7 wickets
2016-03-27	India v Australia	T20I	India won by 6 wickets
2016-03-23	India v Bangladesh	T20I	India won by 1 runs
2016-03-19	India v Pakistan	T20I	India won by 6 wickets
2016-03-15	India v New Zealand	T20I	New Zealand won by 47 runs
2016-03-06	Bangladesh v India	T20I	India won by 8 wickets
2016-03-01	India v Sri Lanka	T20I	India won by 5 wickets

India

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

200126 runs
200250 runs
20030 runs
20041 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19991 wickets
200113 wickets
200223 wickets
20034 wickets
20043 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 5 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2004	1	1	1	1	N/A	11.11	0	0	9	2	3	26.66	2.96	54.00
2003	3	4	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	31	6	4	95.50	3.78	151.50
2002	9	15	50	19	5.55	37.31	6	2	134	14	23	41.86	3.02	82.91
2001	3	5	26	17	13.00	31.70	2	1	82	6	13	26.69	3.44	46.46
1999	1	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	1	1	94.00	3.35	168.00

ODI

ODI · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

20016 runs
200230 runs
200311 runs
200424 runs
200515 runs
200915 runs
201030 runs
20119 runs

ODI · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

200113 wickets
200214 wickets
200316 wickets
200418 wickets
200527 wickets
200931 wickets
201028 wickets
20115 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2011	6	5	9	6	2.25	36.00	1	0	25	6	5	54.40	6.08	53.60
2010	20	8	30	16	6.00	45.45	2	1	66	20	28	31.96	5.76	33.28
2009	21	7	15	7	3.75	48.38	1	0	31	21	31	30.09	5.92	30.48
2005	14	5	15	9	5.00	55.55	1	0	27	14	27	23.18	5.21	26.66
2004	14	6	24	14	8.00	150.00	3	1	16	14	18	33.66	5.12	39.44
2003	11	4	11	8	11.00	52.38	2	0	21	11	16	28.87	4.71	36.75
2002	16	7	30	24	10.00	93.75	2	1	32	16	14	45.42	4.86	56.07
2001	10	3	6	2	6.00	23.07	0	0	26	10	13	29.92	4.43	40.46

T20I

T20I · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

200922 runs
20100 runs
20166 runs

T20I · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

20091 wickets
201010 wickets
20112 wickets
201618 wickets
20173 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 5 seasons

T20I archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2017	4	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	4	3	37.33	8.00	28.00
2016	15	2	6	6	3.00	26.08	0	0	23	15	18	20.66	7.01	17.66
2011	1	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	1	2	11.00	5.50	12.00
2010	5	2	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	3	5	10	15.60	7.80	12.00
2009	2	1	22	22	22.00	169.23	1	2	13	2	1	96.00	13.71	42.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

1999-02-24
First available scorecard
Test v Sri Lanka · Colombo (SSC)
2002-07-09
Highest recorded innings · 24 runs
ODI v England · The Oval
2003-02-26
Best recorded bowling · 6/23
ODI v England · Kingsmead, Durban
2017-11-01
Latest available scorecard
T20I v New Zealand · Arun Jaitley Stadium