Nehra talks about his 'scooter days' with Virender Sehwag
Ashish Nehra has shared anecdotes from his early cricketing days with Virender Sehwag, when both of them would go to Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla stadium on a scooter. "Viru would come to my house early and wake me up...He would drive to the ground while I would nap, and I would drive back on the return journey.," said Nehra.
Delhi boys Virender Sehwag and Ashish Nehra go back a long way with each other. They started playing for Delhi together in the 1997-98 season. The two young men were close off the field as well and formed a bond that would last for decades.Twenty years and incredible careers later, Sehwag, now happily retired, is wooing fans with his Twitter antics while Nehra is still going strong in international cricket. (Also read: Sehwag's swag in Virugyaan will leave you absolutely impressed)Nehra has played an important role in India's T20 games over the last year and recently made another successful comeback in the recently concluded three-match T20 series versus England. He only picked up three wickets but his experience and abilities contributed largely to India's 2-1 series victory.Nehra, understandably, has been in the news, thanks to his key role in India's performances in the shortest formats of the game. And when he is in the news, how could he be far away from Sehwag's radar? (Also read: When a star-struck Virat Kohli met Virender Sehwag)Viru actually compared his beloved 'Nehra ji's' bowling to Rakesh Omprakash Mehra's love stories. Thanks @RakeyshOmMehra fr showing me an incredible love story #Mirzya Bowling me Nehra ji ka aur Love stories me Mehraji ka koi Jawaab nahi"That was 20 years ago and both our scooters are long gone. Good old days," Nehra said ESPNcricinfo. "We had a deal: Viru would drive on the way to the ground, while I would drive it on the return journey. As a bowler, I had a small bag, but his kit bag was big. So I would rest my head on that and nap while he was driving."It was also said that Sehwag would always end up eating Nehra's breakfast but the strapping fast bowler laid to rest these rumuors and revealed Viru would gulp down his share of milk instead.