Zaheer Khan India Cricket Players

Zaheer Khan
India
Full name Zaheer Khan
Born October 7, 1978, Shrirampur, Maharashtra
Current age 36 years 120 days
Major teams India, Asia XI, Asia XI, Baroda, Mumbai, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Surrey, Worcestershire
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium

                Zaheer Khan (Marathi: झहीर खान) (conceived 7 October 1978) is an Indian cricketer who has been a part of the Indian cricket group subsequent to 2000. He likewise played for Worcestershire in County Cricket and plays for Mumbai in Indian residential cricket. He is as of now the second-best Indian pace bowler in Test match cricket, behind Kapil Dev.
            Zaheer Khan began his household vocation by playing for Baroda. In the early years of his profession, Khan was known for his antagonistic crease and pace bowling, particularly quick creep impeccable yorkers. In an offer to enhance his bowling, Khan moved to England for a short spell with Worcestershire in 2006. A left-arm quick medium bowler, Khan is best known for his capacity to "move the ball both courses off the wicket and swing the old ball at some pace". Khan keeps on exceeding expectations in opposite swing with the old ball. He is commended for his exhibitions on level subcontinent pitches and the controlling of distinctive sorts of cricket balls.[citation needed] He was one of the key parts of the 2011 ODI World Cup winning group, driving the pace assault with 21 wickets in only 9 recreations. In 2011 he was deliberated with the Arjuna Award, India's second most astounding donning honor by the President of India. Khan's vocation is likewise noted for repeating wounds, which regularly interfered with his advancement at the universal level. That is additionally the reason Zaheer has set up Prosport Fitness Services, an unique recovery & preparing focus in relationship with Adrian Le Roux and Andrew Leipus.
        Zaheer Khan was chosen as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2008.

Career:

         Zaheer was chosen in 2000 for the first admission of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. He made his Test presentation against Bangladesh and ODI debut against Kenya amid the ICC Knockout Trophy in that year.
           In late 2005 pacemen Sreesanth and R. P. Singh made their universal introductions and got to be consistent parts of the Indian group making it troublesome for Zaheer to hold his position in the playing eleven. The Board of Control for Cricket in India downgraded Zaheer from a B-evaluation to a C-evaluation contract toward the end of the year. He returned for the 2005 voyage through Pakistan, where India fielded three left arm pacemen and experienced issues releasing Pakistan with an absence of mixed bag in the knocking down some pins assault.

          In Indian local cricket, Zaheer made his name playing for Baroda. In the 2000/01 Ranji Trophy last against Railways, Zaheer was Man of the Match with eight wickets, including a second innings pull of 5/43, in Baroda's restricted 21-run triumph. He exchanged to Mumbai toward the begin of the 2006-07 Indian cricket season his introduction for Mumbai until the last of the Ranji Trophy in which he took 9 wickets as Mumbai crushed Bengal.

ODI career:

       Zaheer was the pillar of Indian knocking down some pins assault amid the side's triumphant 2011 World Cup crusade. He was the main wicket-taker in the competition, joint with Pakistan's Shahid Afridi on 21. He is fifth in world and driving Indian wicket taker in a world measure alongside Javagal Srinath (44 wickets) yet Zaheer has attained to this accomplishment in just 23 matches while Srinath has taken 34 matche

     He has taken 282 ODI wickets at a normal of a little more than 29 runs every wicket taking 4 wickets in a match 6 times (4 times against Zimbabwe) including 32 wickets against Zimbabwe at a normal of 17.46 runs every release. He, alongside different seamers like Javagal Srinath and Ashish Nehra helped India to make it to the finals of the 2003 World Cup. Zaheer completed the competition as fourth most noteworthy wicket-taker ‐ 18 wickets from 11 matches at a normal of 20 runs every wicket.

Test career:

        Zaheer has taken 311 Test wickets at a normal of a little more than 32 runs every wicket. South African star all-rounder Jacques Kallis was Zaheer's 300th test wicket. In 16 matches from the earliest starting point of the voyage through West Indies in April 2002 to the end of the first match against Australia in December 2003, Brisbane, Zaheer took 54 wickets from 16 matches at a normal of 30 runs. Everything turned downhill after the first Test against Australia in Brisbane in December 2003. Having taken 5 of the main 7 Australian batsmen in the first innings (5 for 95), he harmed himself in the second amid the opening spell. In the wake of missing the second Test he returned for the third, however was harmed halfway through the match and was compelled to return home. The damage kept him from the early 2004 voyage through Pakistan, India's first Test arrangement triumph in the nation.
       Prior, Zaheer held the world record for the most astounding Test score by a number 11 when he scored 75 against Bangladesh in 2004. At the time he was batting with Sachin Tendulkar; the pair amassed 133 runs, another record for India's tenth-wicket. This record was broken by Tino Best of the West Indies in 2012. The current record holder is Ashton Agar of the Australia on his introduction match in 2013.
      

In July 2011 India set out on a voyage through England. Having knocked down some pins 13.3 overs, Zaheer strained his hamstring and endured a lower leg harm in the first Test of the four-match arrangement and thus was precluded of whatever remains of the visit. Zaheer returned in December and played a test match against Australia on Boxing day. He took two wickets in two back to back conveyances, rejecting Michael Clarke for 31 and Mike Hussey for a duck. In the second test at Sydney, he took three wickets of the four to fall, Clarke scoring 329*; his were the best figures in both these innings. As of February 2014 Zaheer Khan is positioned 22 in the ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers. He visited South Africa in December 2013 and New Zealand in 2014.

IPL career:

       Zak, as his buddies call him, had rehashed himself after a few wounds, to turn into the foundation of Indian pace assault, being the most elevated wicket taker for India in 2011 World Cup. Zaheer Khan began his IPL profession with RCB before moving to Mumbai Indians for two seasons. In the wake of performing splendidly for Mumbai Indians, RCB purchased him back in the following closeout.

          

              Matches     balls          runs             wickets     best     average     economy     strike
                                               surrendered                                                                          rate

Vocation   62          1382        1783                   65            3/21      27.43        7.74              21.26

2008        11            252          357                    13            3/38      27.46        8.50             19.38

2009        6            126           142                     6             3/31       23.66       6.76              21.00

2010      14            290           376                     15          3/21        25.07       7.77             19.33

2011      15            354            455                    14           3/32       32.50       7.71             25.29

2012      16            360           453                      17          3/38       26.65       8.50            21.18

2013      2              36             47                         5            4/17      9.40         7.83            7.20

Personal life:

            Khan was conceived in a Muslim group of Rawal position of Gujjars on October 7, 1978 in Shrirampur, India to folks Zakia and Bakhtiyar Khan. He has a senior sibling Zeeshan and more youthful sibling Anees. Zaheer went to the New Marathi Primary school and the K. J. Somaiyya Secondary School in Shrirampur. He additionally played in the neighborhood Revenue Colony Cricket Club (RCC) in Shrirampur. Zaheer was involved with performer Isha Sharvani for a long time. Zaheer can talk great Marathi as he was conceived and raised in Maharashtra.