10 players who made their international debut after Ashish Nehra and retired before him

Zaheer Khan

When Ashish Nehra was at his peak, his partner-in-crime, ie. his new-ball partner, was another left-arm pacer Zaheer Khan. Nehra played a majority of his matches alongside Zaheer and the duo gave the Indian fans a lot of good memories to cherish.

Zaheer, who announced his retirement from cricket in 2015, made his international debut a year after Nehra when he was included in the Indian side to face Kenya in the 2000 ICC Knockout Cup.

After that, the left-armer took 610 wickets in 309 matches across all the three formats and established himself as India's finest left-arm seamer ever. Adding to this, Zaheer has been a part of three World Cup squads, winning one and being a part of the team that reached the final in 2003.