New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- Former England cricketer Moeen Ali says former India fast bowler Ashish Nehra, and not MS Dhoni, is the best "cricketing brain" he has worked with. Ali played for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) from 2018 to 2020, around the same time when Nehra was the bowling coach of the franchise.

"For me, a cricketing brain is somebody who knows almost every situation of the game. Who's got an answer, or a theory, for every situation. Like, they just talk about all aspects. 'Why he's not that good, why he is good, what should happen in this situation, what could happen'," Ali said on the Beard Before Wicket podcast on 2 August.

"But he's got something. And behind that something, there's either data or evidence. Like, 'It's ha...