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Zaheer Khan, Left Arm Medium Fast Bowler, India

Zaheer Khan

INDIA


Name
Zaheer Khan

Country
India

Date of Birth
October 7, 1978

Place of Birth
Ahmednagar

Batting Style
Right Handed

Bowling Style
Left Arm Fast Medium

ODI Debut
October 3, 2000 v Kenya

Test Debut
November 10, 2000 v Bangladesh

T20 Debut
December 1, 2006 v South Africa

  • TESTs
  • ODIs
  • T20s
Well-built, quick and unfazed by the batsman's reputation, Zaheer Khan announced his arrival in world cricket with his performances at the ICC Champions Trophy in 2000. The left-arm seamer struggled to establish himself as a new-ball bowler in his initial days, but now is at the forefront of a new pace generation.

Although injuries have troubled him for a considerable part of his career, Zaheer has always hit back with performances in county cricket. He has lost some pace from his earlier days but his yorkers are still as deadly. He swings the ball both ways off the wicket and also has the ability to swing the old ball which makes him an important component of both, the ODI and Test sides.

Zaheer Khan played a major part in India's Test series victories in England and West Indies. After Kapil Dev and Srinath, many have looked at Zaheer to carry the Indian pace attack to a new height.

TESTs BATTING vs ALL TEAMS
M
INN
NO
Runs
HS
100s
50s
Avg
Srr
62
82
20
773
75
0
2
12.47
49.33
TESTs BOWLING vs ALL TEAMS
M
Overs
Runs
Mdns
Wkts
Avg
Best
Econ
62
2044
6707
420
197
34.05
5/29
3.28