<p>  <table style="width: 68px; height: 42px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="68" align="right" border="1">  <tbody>  <tr>  <td><img alt="" src="/imagedata/2011/mar/ashish.jpg" border="0" /></td></tr>  <tr>  <td>  <p align="center"><span style="font-size: 8pt">Ashish Nehra</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>Ashish Nehra is set to play his first match of this World Cup, finally. The left-arm seamer, who missed out on the earlier games with a back strain, will make his tournament debut at his backyard, the Feroz Shah Kotla ground, when India take on the Netherlands today.<br /><br />Nehra will come in place of right-arm pacer Munaf Patel while off-spinner R Ashwin will continue to warm the bench as Piyush Chawla will be retained.<br /><br />The Indian team management feels that one failure, against Ireland on Sunday when the leg-spinner returned with none for 56 from eight overs, could happen to any bowler.</p>

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