Ashish Nehra says L Balaji was more popular than Imran Khan during the 2004 tour

Ashish Nehra was one of best bowlers of India who was very effective with his left-arm medium pace. His career was marred with injuries especially when he was at peak of his career. neless, Nehra has been a part of many of Team India's glorious triumphs which include 2002 Natwest tri-series in England, historic tour of Pakistan in 2003/04, ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 etc. Meanwhile, veteran bowler has spoken about ar medium pacer in that Pakistan tour who had become very famous in that bilateral series. 

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'He was more popular than Imran Khan': Ashish Nehra

During a recent interaction on a cricket segment which is hosted by official broadcasters of IPL, Nehra said that only thing that he remembers is that Laxmipathy Balaji was more popular than Pakistan's World Cup-winning skipper Imran Khan according to him on that tour.  2011 World Cup-winner also added that Tamil Nadu cricketer was hitting sixes left, right and centre.

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India tour of Pakistan 2003/04

India had visited neighbouring country for first time after 1989. Indian team led by Sourav Ganguly were in  Pakistan for a bilateral series which included five One Day Internationals and three Tests. Ganguly-led side created history by winning ODI series 3-2 and Test series 2-1. On that tour, Virender Sehwag became first Indian batsman to score a triple century in Test cricket while Rahul Dravid registered his highest Test score of 270 in series-deciding Test match at Rawalpindi. 

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