Fans & Mates Bid Adieu to ‘Indian Cricket’s Jon Snow’ Ashish Nehra

Ashish Nehra is playing his career's final cricket match as India face New Zealand in the first T20 at Delhi's Ferozshah Kotla ground.

As he gears up for his last game, Nehra in a sentimental tweet, said:

For me Cricket is life and #JaiHind @bcci Thank You India for your precious support throughout my cricketing career..... Bye Bye

— Ashish Nehra (@AshishNehra64) November 1, 2017

Bowled over by Nehra’s candid goodbye, his team mates and fans could not help but honour the fast bowling legend.

Friends for Life - see you on the other side Nehra Ji, Good Luck for tonite ! 👊🍷#ashishnehra

A post shared by Yuvraj Singh (@yuvisofficial) on Nov 1, 2017 at 7:27am PDT

Another good win and a complete team performance. 👌🏼😇
Wishing Ashish bhaiya all the luck for everything in the future. It's been an honor sharing the field and the dressing room with you. 🙏👏 @BCCI #INDvNZ #NehraJi pic.twitter.com/hfCTHfo8rP

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) November 1, 2017

Gud luck my bro #Ashishnehra playing his last game 2day.jus enjoy as we did in this pic aftr winning th World Cup2011. Bhangra khich @BCCI pic.twitter.com/DDkqngSNf7

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) November 1, 2017

Great win, #TeamIndia! Nice to see a well deserved farewell for #AshishNehra. Wish you & your family the best of health & happiness in life😊 pic.twitter.com/Ml9zFUWCpz

— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) November 1, 2017

End of an era , Ashish Nehra. Congratulations on a fighting and wonderful career. Wish you the best , Ashish.

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) November 1, 2017

#AshishNehra has been Indian cricket's Jon Snow.
Whenever you thought he was dead - he came back.
Sad to see him go.#ThankYouNehraJi

— Sorabh Pant (@hankypanty) November 1, 2017

Thank you for all the memories Ashish Nehra,It's gonna be tough watching India play without you #ThankYouNehraJi

— Nidin Jacob (@ImNidin) November 1, 2017

Respectfully bowled... Wishing #AshishNehra a successful journey after retirement. #ThankYouAshishNehra #TeamIndia #Farewell @BCCI

— Sandeep Bhargava (@Sandy_Bhargava) November 1, 2017