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Personal LifeZaheer Khan was born on October 7, 1978 in Srirampur, Maharashtra, India in a Marathi Muslim family to Zakia and Bakhtiyar Khan. He has two siblings, Zeeshan and Anees. He studied in the New Marathi Primary school and the K. J. Somaiyya Secondary School in Shrirampur. Zaheer was romantically involved with actress Isha Sharvani for eight years.
Career
Zaheer Khan made his Test debut and ODI debut in the same year against Bangladesh and Kenya during the ICC KnockOut Trophy. The major teams that Zaheer Khan represented are India, ACC Asian XI, Baroda, Surrey and Worcestershire.
Zaheer Khan is a potent left arm pace bowler who spearheaded the Indian pace attack on many occasions. Known for the ability to swing the ball both ways, he also used to be an efficient lower-order batsman. Zaheer's brilliant cricketing career include his intake into the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore (now Bengaluru), and his debut in Test cricket, playing against Bangladesh in Dhaka in 2000. Despite an injury period in between tests, Zaheer played some fabulous innings in his 45 Tests, scoring 578 runs and taking 134 wickets, with a Test career best of 5/29.
Zaheer's One Day International debut was against Kenya at Nairobi in the 2000 ICC Knockout Trophy. Since then, he played 120 ODIs scoring 506 runs and taking 177 wickets, with an ODI career best of 5/42. His contributions in the 2003 Cricket World Cup ensured India's run into the finals while he finished as the event's 4th highest wicket taker, taking 18 wickets from 11 matches at an average of 20 runs per wicket.
Despite his brilliant performances, Zaheer had to sit out in 2004 India's tour to Pakistan due to his injury. Post the injury, his poor performance made it difficult to retain his position in the team and he was eventually dropped, only to prove his worth through Indian domestic cricket and overseas County Cricket. He was again selected into the Test and ODI side in late 2006, after which his consistent performances booked him a seat for the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup.
Zaheer announced his retirement from first class and international cricket on 15 October 2015. In a tweet, he expressed his intention to sign off with IPL 9.
Amongst the numerous records held by Zaheer Khan, most noted are:
- He holds the record for the highest Test score by a No. 11, scoring 75 against Bangladesh in Dhaka, 2004.
- He is the 2003 World Cup's 4th highest wicket taker.
- He holds the Indian-record for the tenth-wicket partnership along with Sachin Tendulkar, which produced 133 runs.
- In county cricket, he became the first Worcestershire player to take 10 wickets in a match on debut for over 100 years against Somerset.
Achievements & Awards
- Test Cricket: He received Man Of the Match Award 5 times and Man Of the Series Awards 3 times.
- ODI Cricket: He received Man Of the Match Award 6 times and Man Of the Series Award once.
- He was also the Arjuna Award winner.
Blogs about Zaheer Khan
Zaheer Khan’s return to test team – a triumph of will and determination : One of the biggest decisions made by the Indian selectors while choosing the test team for South Africa was the selection of Zaheer Khan, right now the most experienced seamer in India. This selection is indeed a testament to the iron will of Zaheer and his willingness to take the road less traveled in order to come back and do what he does best for the national team in what is regarded as the ultimate…
A Look at India’s Seam Bowling Resources : In the ongoing series between India and Australia, Mohammad Shami grabbed the attention of the opposition captain George Bailey, who said that his team was caught unawares by the pace generated by the Bengali fast bowler, as well as the movement he was getting. India was, in fact, able to keep Australia to a manageable total after winning the toss and bowling first. Before Shami's haul, Indian seamers were getting carted about by the Aussies,…
Yuvraj starts from scratch : Yuvraj Singh says that he is in the most important part of his career and would not really be troubled by the prospect of having to go back to start from scratch so that he can get back to the national team once more. It seems that he is making his words count from the fact that he has decided to practice at Chandigarh for the short time that he is there. Once he was…
Fitness has let me down confesses Zaheer : In the last 20 years Zaheer Khan has been, without a shadow of doubt, the best paceman to have emerged from India. When he started out in 2000 he was a fiery left armer with a lot of pace – during the 2003 World Cup he bowled at average speeds of 140 kmph – and from 2005 onwards has been one of the best purveyors of seam and swing, which coupled with his intelligent use…
I’ll be back : Yuvraj Singh has recently returned from a 6 week long camp at France with close buddy and one of the best fast bowlers in India, Zaheer Khan. The fitness camp took place at Brive la Gaillarde and having completed it he is all ready and eager for another shot of redemption in the national team. MS Dhoni, has recently stated that the Indian team is not going to be made up of youngsters only and
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