Former Indian pacer Ashish Nehra hanged his boots from cricket after the first T20I of the three-match series between India and New Zealand in Delhi. In a conversation with ANI, Nehra clarified that it wasn’t easy for him to call it a day.

Talking about the same, Nehra said, “This was not an easy decision. Didn’t take it overnight, was waiting for the right time. I can say Indian cricket is in safe hands.”

Some of the former Indian players have expressed their opinions MS Dhoni and his future in India’s T20I squad. However, when Nehra was enquired over the captaincy of Kohli and Dhoni, he replied, “Both are completely different personalities-MS Dhoni is more of a cool and calm person, Kohli is full of energy and aggressive. MS has done wonderfully well, he gave the captaincy to Virat at the right time.”

Nehra played as many as 120 ODIs where he dismissed 157 scalps and also featured in 17 Tests and 27 T20Is for the country. In his final match, Nehra didn’t get any wicket and conceeded 29 runs in his quota of 4 overs as India defended a total of 203 against New Zealand.

India will now lock horns with Sri Lanka at home for three Tests, three ODIs, and three T20Is before traveling to South Africa.