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Zaheer Khan

India

Full name Zaheer Khan

Born October 7, 1978, Shrirampur, Maharashtra

Current age 31 years 31 days

Major teams India, Asia XI, Asia XI, Baroda, Mumbai, Royal Challengers Bangalore, 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	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	65	86	22	883	75	13.79	1678	52.62	3	98	17	18
ODIs	162	88	35	701	34*	13.22	927	75.62	0	58	23	35
T20Is	9	2	1	4	4	4.00	3	133.33	0	0	0	1
First-class	128	168	37	1917	75	14.63			4			42
List A	215	116	43	956	42	13.09			0			49
Twenty20	39	23	12	103	26	9.36	115	89.56	0	10	0	8

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	65	119	12962	7107	210	5/29	9/134	33.84	3.28	61.7	11	7	0
ODIs	162	159	8097	6566	225	5/42	5/42	29.18	4.86	35.9	7	1	0
T20Is	9	9	184	222	11	4/19	4/19	20.18	7.23	16.7	1	0	0
First-class	128		26300	14529	526	9/138		27.62	3.31	50.0		29	7
List A	215		10745	8669	300	5/42	5/42	28.89	4.84	35.8	10	1	0
Twenty20	39	39	862	1081	41	4/19	4/19	26.36	7.52	21.0	1	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Bangladesh v India at Dhaka, Nov 10-13, 2000 scorecard
Last Test	New Zealand v India at Wellington, Apr 3-7, 2009 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Kenya v India at Nairobi (Gym), Oct 3, 2000 scorecard
Last ODI	New Zealand v India at Auckland, Mar 14, 2009 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I	India v South Africa at Nottingham, Jun 16, 2009 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	1999/00
Last First-class	Punjab v Mumbai at Chandigarh, Nov 3-6, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	1999/00
Last List A	New Zealand v India at Auckland, Mar 14, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Glamorgan v Worcestershire at Cardiff, Jun 27, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Maharashtra v Mumbai at Poona, Oct 24, 2009 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

Notes

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2008