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Nehra's dubious distinction

Rajneesh Gupta | August 10, 2005 17:54 IST

Ashish Nehra on Tuesday joined the selected band of bowlers who ended on the losing side despite taking six wickets in a match.

Here-under is the complete list:
FiguresBowlerForVsVenueDate
6-14Imran Khan [Images]PakIndSharjah22 Mar 1985
6-23SE BondNZ AusPort Elizabeth11 Mar 2003
6-35SM PollockSAWI East London [Images]24 Jan 1999
6-42AB AgarkarIndAusMelbourne09 Jan 2004
6-50AH GrayWI AusPort-of-Spain09 Mar 1991
6-59A NehraIndSL Colombo RPS09 Aug 2005

Nehra's figures are the best by an Indian against Sri Lanka [Images] obliterating Robin Singh's 5 for 22 at Guwahati in 1997-98. Nehra also became the first Indian bowler to take six wickets on more than one occasion.

The earlier such occasion for him was in the World Cup 2003 match against England [Images]. Best bowling figures by Indians in One-Day Internationals:
FiguresBowlerOpponentVenueDate
6-12A KumbleWI Calcutta27 Nov 1993
6-23A NehraEngDurban26 Feb 2003
6-42AB AgarkarAusMelbourne09 Jan 2004
6-59A NehraSLColombo RPS09 Aug 2005

In fact Nehra became only the fourth bowler in all ODIs to take six wickets in a match on two occasions. Waqar Younis has done so on most occasions - Five.

Most six-wicket hauls in ODIs
Waqar Younis (Pak) - 5 times
HK Olonga (Zim) - Twice
WPUJC Vaas (SL) - Twice
A Nehra (Ind) - Twice


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