Nehra's dubious distinction

Ashish Nehra on Tuesday joined the selected band of bowlers who ended on the losing side despite taking six wickets in a match.

Here-under is the complete list:

Figures	Bowler	For	Vs	Venue	Date
6-14	Imran Khan	Pak	Ind	Sharjah	22 Mar 1985
6-23	SE Bond	NZ	Aus	Port Elizabeth	11 Mar 2003
6-35	SM Pollock	SA	WI	East London	24 Jan 1999
6-42	AB Agarkar	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	09 Jan 2004
6-50	AH Gray	WI	Aus	Port-of-Spain	09 Mar 1991
6-59	A Nehra	Ind	SL	Colombo RPS	09 Aug 2005

Nehra's figures are the best by an Indian against Sri Lanka obliterating Robin Singh's 5 for 22 at Guwahati in 1997-98. Nehra also became the first Indian bowler to take six wickets on more than one occasion.

The earlier such occasion for him was in the World Cup 2003 match against England. Best bowling figures by Indians in One-Day Internationals:

Figures	Bowler	Opponent	Venue	Date
6-12	A Kumble	WI	Calcutta	27 Nov 1993
6-23	A Nehra	Eng	Durban	26 Feb 2003
6-42	AB Agarkar	Aus	Melbourne	09 Jan 2004
6-59	A Nehra	SL	Colombo RPS	09 Aug 2005

In fact Nehra became only the fourth bowler in all ODIs to take six wickets in a match on two occasions. Waqar Younis has done so on most occasions - Five.

Most six-wicket hauls in ODIs
Waqar Younis (Pak) - 5 times
HK Olonga (Zim) - Twice
WPUJC Vaas (SL) - Twice
A Nehra (Ind) - Twice