Zaheer Khan

Zaheer Khan

India

Full name Zaheer Khan
Born October 7, 1978, Shrirampur, Maharashtra
Current age 28 years 144 days
Major teams India, ACC Asian XI, Baroda, Surrey, Worcestershire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium

Statsguru

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	45	60	14	578	75	12.56	1106	52.26	0	1	60	14	11	0
ODIs	117	63	27	490	34*	13.61	586	83.61	0	0	41	17	26	0
Twenty20 Int.	1	0	0	0	0	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
First-class	103	136	29	1530	75	14.29			0	2			33	0
List A	169	91	35	745	42	13.30			0	0			40	0
Twenty20	6	4	3	41	26	41.00	34	120.58	0	0			0	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Tests	45	8662	4793	134	5/29	7/138	35.76	3.32	64.64	8	3	0
ODIs	117	5809	4736	172	5/42	5/42	27.53	4.89	33.77	6	1	0
Twenty20 Int.	1	24	15	2	2/15	2/15	7.50	3.75	12.00	0	0	0
First-class	103	20994	11648	424	9/138		27.47	3.32	49.51		24	7
List A	169	8415	6782	247	5/42	5/42	27.45	4.83	34.06	9	1	0
Twenty20	6	138	171	6	2/15	2/15	28.50	7.43	23.00	0	0	0

Career statistics
Test debut	Bangladesh v India at Dhaka - Nov 10-13, 2000
Last Test	South Africa v India at Cape Town - Jan 2-6, 2007
ODI debut	Kenya v India at Nairobi (Gym) - Oct 3, 2000
Last ODI	India v Sri Lanka at Visakhapatnam - Feb 17, 2007
Only Twenty20 Int.	South Africa v India at Johannesburg - Dec 1, 2006
First-class span	1999/00 - 2006/07
List A span	1999/00 - 2006/07
Twenty20 span	2006 - 2006/07

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. Since then, his pace has dropped and his attitude questioned, as a new breed of pace bowlers pushed him aside to move to the front of the queue. Despite inspired displays for Worcestershire in the 2006 county season, he remains on the fringes of national selection.