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Zaheer Khan
Zaheer Khan, a left arm fast bowler, has been playing for team India since 2000. Zaheer Khan has been part of the national squad that won the 2011 World Cup. Zaheer Khan announced his retirement from first class cricket tournaments on 15th October 2015.

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Zaheer Khan, Indian Cricket PlayerZaheer Khan is a left arm fast bowler in Indian cricket scenario. He was born on 7 October 1978 in the town of Shrirampur in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra. He is known for his ability to swing the ball both ways. He also holds the record for the highest Test score by a No. 11 batsman. He has been a pioneer in the art of reverse swing bowling. Zaheer Khan announced his retirement from international and first class cricket on 15th October 2015.

Career of Zaheer Khan
Zaheer Khan was selected in the year 2000 in the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. He made his Test debut against Bangladesh at Dhaka. He debuted in One Day International against Kenya at Nairobi during the ICC Knock out Trophy in the same year.

After the debut of Sreesanth and R. P. Singh in late 2005 it became difficult for Zaheer to retain his position in the Indian team. He was also demoted from a B-grade to a C-grade contract at the end of the year.

In Indian domestic cricket, Zaheer made his name playing for Vadodara, but transferred to Mumbai at the start of the 2006-07 Indian cricket season his debut for Mumbai until the final of the Ranji Trophy in which he took 9 wickets as Mumbai defeated Bengal.

Zaheer Khan, Indian Cricket PlayerIn 2006 Zaheer signed for Worcestershire County Cricket Club as their second overseas player as a replacement for Australian Nathan Bracken. He became the first Worcestershire player to take 10 wickets in a match on debut for over 100 years against Somerset, even though Worcestershire eventually lost the game. In June 2006 he took the first nine wickets to fall in the first innings against Essex, ending with 9-138; had wicket-keeper Steven Davies not dropped a catch offered by last man Darren Gough he would have become the first bowler ever to take all ten for the county.

In late 2006, Zaheer was retained in the Test and ODI team for the tour of South Africa. His performance in early 2007 in home ODIs against the West Indies and Sri Lanka was commendable. Zaheer Khan, Indian Cricket PlayerOne of his best performances was 5/42 that saw him named in the squad for the 2007 Cricket World Cup. He got the Man of the Match award in the first test between India and Australia in 2008-2009 series. He became the third Indian to score a half century and take five wickets in an innings in this series after Rusi surti and Kapil Dev. He also won the Man of the Match award in the T20 World cup 2009 against Ireland. He took 4 wickets by giving only 19 runs.

In the 2003 World cup he was the 4th highest wicket taker - 18 wickets from 11 matches at an average of 20 runs per wicket. He was the basis of Indian bowling attack during the side`s victorious Cricket World Cup 2011. He has taken over 250 Test wickets at an average of just over 33 runs per wicket. He also holds the world record for the highest Test score by a number 11 batsman when he scored 75 for India v Bangladesh in Dhaka in the year 2004. His batting average of 19.46 at number 10 is also the highest for a batsman in ODIs. Zaheer Khan is the 5th Indian to achieve more than 250 wickets in ODIs.

Cricket Statistics of Zaheer Khan

Batting and Fielding Averages of Zaheer Khan

Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 79 105 23 1045 75 12.74 2083 50.16 0 3 117 21 18 0
ODIs 191 99 35 781 34* 12.20 1063 73.47 0 0 67 24 42 0
T20Is 12 4 2 13 9 6.50 10 130.00 0 0 0 1 2 0
First-class 146 189 39 2120 75 14.13 0 4 42 0
List A 244 127 43 1036 42 12.33 0 0 56 0
Twenty20 75 33 18 157 26 10.46 160 98.12 0 0 15 2 18 0


Bowling Averages of Zaheer Khan
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 79 144 15837 8676 273 7/87 10/149 31.78 3.28 58.0 13 10 1
ODIs 191 188 9617 7874 273 5/42 5/42 28.84 4.91 35.2 7 1 0
T20Is 12 12 250 327 13 4/19 4/19 25.15 7.84 19.2 1 0 0
First-class 146 29697 16404 599 9/138 27.38 3.31 49.5 32 8
List A 244 12265 9977 348 5/42 5/42 28.66 4.88 35.2 10 1 0
Twenty20 75 75 1668 2148 75 4/19 4/19 28.64 7.72 22.2 1 0 0


Career Matches Balls Runs conceded Economy Strikerate
62 1382 1783 27.43 7.74 21.26
2008 11 252 357 27.46 8.5 19.38
2009 6 126 142 23.66 6.76 21
2010 14 290 376 25.07 7.77 19.33
2011 15 354 455 32.5 7.71 25.29
2012 16 360 453 26.65 8.5 21.18
2013 36 47 9.4 7.83 7.2



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