I don’t care whether I’m a part of the XI or not: Nehra responds to critics'

Ashish Nehra, the Veteran left-arm pacer, who is, all set to retire from all forms of Cricket, after the first T20I against New Zealand,has came under lot of criticism, of late, after his announcement, with the critic's pointing out, the 38 years old bowler, selected himself in Playing XI of the Delhi T20I, which is due to take place next month.

Nehra's retirement has come, as he was not picked in the Playing XI  against Australia. While the left arm pacer hadn't found a place in the squad against Sri Lanka and West Indies earlier to that.

However, with critics pointing out stuff, like Nehra selected himself in the Playing XI and with media making it a big fuss, the left arm pacer responded as per quoted by Sportskeeda,”Big’ people were saying Ashish Nehra has selected himself in the starting XI of the Delhi T20I. It’s the media’s job to sensationalize stuff and pick up controversial things.”

Nehra also went on to say, it will be management's call, whether he will feature in the playing XI or not,“Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I had clarified with the team management that Delhi has been allotted the match, so I’d like to bow out there. Then people were like he was not in the XI against Australia, why would he make the team against NZ. To them, I say that I don’t care whether I’m a part of the XI or not, the team management and the selectors know that. Whenever India are playing an international match, they’ll definitely go in with their best eleven players.”

Meanwhile, Nehra broke into the national side, after his impressive performance in IPL after a long gap. Since the Austrian series in 2016, the left arm pacer has been a regular in the shorter format.

“Now as far as being a part of the XI against Australia is concerned, I’ve been a regular in the starting line-up (T20I) since making a comeback two years back, so it doesn’t make much of a difference to me. (If Delhi wasn’t allocated the match) 100% I would’ve retired after the Australia series. It’s just because I have gotten the chance to retire at Kotla that I’m doing it,”