'Indian bowling attack will lack teeth': Twitter salutes Ashish Nehra as he heads towards retirement

Veteran speedster Ashish Nehra has decided to retire from competitive cricket after the first T20 International against New Zealand at his home ground, Feroz Shah Kotla, on November 1.

According to a senior BCCI official privy to the development, the 38-year-old Nehra has intimated his decision to chief coach Ravi Shastri and skipper Virat Kohli.

With ICC not slotting any World T20 in 2018, Nehra apparently told the team management that it is only fair that performing juniors have a longer rope.

As expected, Nehra's 18-year career was celebrated on Twitter on Wednesday.

Here are some tweets:

Ashish Nehra is the only Indian bowler to take six wickets haul twice in ODI and He is set to retire after Delhi T20 vs NZ...

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) October 11, 2017

Ashish Nehra is retiring after the next t20 series. As pension, BCCI has decided to supply him with a lifetime of tooth-paste.

— SAGAR (@sagarcasm) October 11, 2017

If Nehra is as fit as Kohli, then why he is retiring but not Kohli? As far I know he is a better bowler than Kohli.

— EngiNerd. (@mainbhiengineer) October 11, 2017

Ashish Nehra will retire on November 1st on his home ground. Thank you Nehra Ji for everything specially the 6/23 in 2003 World Cup

— Abhishek  #408 (@ImAbhishek7_) October 11, 2017

Ashish Nehra will retire after the NZ series. Post-retirement, Ashish will write his autobiography titled "My experiments with tooth".

— Bollywood Gandu (@BollywoodGandu) October 11, 2017

So after 1st Nov, BCCI will be Lacking teeth in the bowling department. Legend Ashish Nehra will be missed. #IndvNZ #IndvsNZt20

— Prabhu  ‏ (@Cricprabhu) October 11, 2017

(Inputs from PTI)