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Full name Zaheer Khan
Born October 7, 1978, Shrirampur, Maharashtra
Current age 30 years 4 days
Major teams India,Asia XI,Asia XI,Bangalore Royal Challengers,Baroda,Mumbai,Surrey,Worcestershire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
56
75
18
671
75
11.77
1357
49.44
0
1
69
16
13
0
ODIs
149
85
35
678
34*
13.56
887
76.43
0
0
58
22
28
0
T20Is
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0
0
First-class
116
154
33
1655
75
13.67
0
2
37
0
List A
202
113
43
933
42
13.32
0
0
42
0
Twenty20
21
15
7
90
26
11.25
99
90.90
0
0
10
0
4
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
56
103
10962
6064
178
5/29
9/134
34.06
3.31
61.5
11
5
0
ODIs
149
147
7491
6054
210
5/42
5/42
28.82
4.84
35.6
7
1
0
T20Is
1
1
24
15
2
2/15
2/15
7.50
3.75
12.0
0
0
0
First-class
116
23636
13166
477
9/138
27.60
3.34
49.5
26
7
List A
202
10139
8157
285
5/42
5/42
28.62
4.82
35.5
10
1
0
Twenty20
21
21
480
622
22
3/38
3/38
28.27
7.77
21.8
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Bangladesh v India at Dhaka, Nov 10-13, 2000 scorecard
Last Test
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), Aug 8-11, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Kenya v India at Nairobi (Gym), Oct 3, 2000 scorecard
Last ODI
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), Aug 29, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
Only T20I
South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
1999/00
Last First-class
Delhi v Rest of India at Vadodara, Sep 24-27, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1999/00
Last List A
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), Aug 29, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Glamorgan v Worcestershire at Cardiff, Jun 27, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Bangalore Royal Challengers v Delhi Daredevils at Bangalore, May 19, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Like Waqar Younis a decade before, Zaheer Khan yorked his way into the collective consciousness of the cricket world: his performances at the ICC Knockout Trophy in Kenya in September 2000 announced the arrival of an all-too-rare star in the Indian fast-bowling firmament. He might just as easily have come from the Pakistani pace stable: well-built, quick and unfazed by a batsman's reputation, Zaheer could move the ball both ways off the wicket and swing the old ball at some pace. After initially struggling to establish himself as a new-ball bowler, he came of age on the 2002 tour of the West Indies, when he led the line with great heart. His subsequent displays in England and New Zealand - not to mention some eye-catching moments at the World Cup - established him at the forefront of India's new pace generation, but a hamstring injury saw him relegated to bit-part performer as Indian cricket scripted some of its finest moments away in Australia and Pakistan. After that, his pace has dropped and his attitude was questioned, as a new breed of pace bowlers pushed him aside to move to the front of the queue. Zaheer's response was to head to Worcestershire and take 78 wickets in the 2006 county season, a performance that earned him a recall for the tour of South Africa. He was the perfect foil for Sreesanth there, and he then regained his status as leader of the pack with a matchwinning display at Trent Bridge, as India won only their fifth Test on English soil.
Dileep Premachandran
