While Ashish Nehra remained patient to start his spell in his last international fixture, everyone was overjoyed to see behind the sightscreen from where Nehra was going to bowl his last four overs in the blue India jersey, stood a white flex board with the words ‘ASHISH NEHRA END’ written in bold.

It was quite an unbelievable frame, which also made him emotional. In his last game of competitive cricket, Ferozshah Kotla’s quintessential Ambedkar Stadium End was renamed as the Ashish Nehra End. He would thus become the only international bowler to bowl from his own end after James Anderson. It was an apt tribute by the DDCA to Nehra, recognizing his 20-year-old career.

Back in 2015, when the Kotla hosted the final Test match between India and South Africa, the two stands were rechristened as ‘Viru 319 End’ and ‘Viru 309 End’ respectively, as a mark to compliment Virender Sehwag, who had just announced his retirement from international cricket.

Similarly to Nehra, Sehwag was another local from Delhi and the numbers 319 and 309 were his two highest scores in Test cricket. As of now, there is no plan to rename the Ambedkar Stadium End as Ashish Nehra End. “Nothing has been decided as of now,” was how a DDCA official asserted.

He further added, “A committee has been set up to look into the matter. A decision will be taken on November 6. Some of the other legends of Delhi cricket too will have their names etched on various stands at the Feroz Shah Kotla. Lets wait and see.”