Zaheer Khan

Country: India
Date of Birth: October 7, 1978
Place of Birth: Shrirampur, Maharashtra, India
Batting Style: Right Handed
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Skill: Bowler
Teams Played: Asia XI, India, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore

Batting Performance

	M	Inn	No	Runs	HS	100s	50s	Avg	SR
Tests	72	94	22	969	75	0	3	13.46	51.62
ODI	175	91	35	719	34*	0	0	12.84	76.49
T20s	12	4	2	13	9	0	0	6.5	130
IPL	31	16	10	66	23*	0	0	11	98.51

Bowling & Fielding Performance

	M	Overs	Runs	Mdns	Wkts	Avg	Best	Econ
Tests	72	2402.5	7983	488	242	32.99	7/87	3.32
ODI	175	1459	7183	107	241	29.8	5/42	4.92
T20s	12	41.4	327	0	13	25.15	4/19	7.9
IPL	31	111.2	875	1	34	25.74	3/21	7.87

Career Performance

	First Match	Last Match
Tests	November 10, 2000 v Bangladesh at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka	February 14, 2010 v South Africa at Eden Gardens, Kolkata (Calcutta)
ODIs	October 3, 2000 v Kenya at Nairobi Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi	June 24, 2010 v Sri Lanka at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Rangiri
T20s	December 1, 2006 v South Africa at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	May 9, 2010 v West Indies at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown - Barbados
IPL	April 18, 2008 v Kolkata Knight Riders at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore - Karnataka	April 25, 2010 v Chennai Super Kings at Dr DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai

Profile

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.