Zaheer Khan      

India

Full name Zaheer Khan

Born October 7, 1978, Shrirampur, Maharashtra

Current age 31 years 363 days

Major teams India, Asia XI, Asia XI, Baroda, Mumbai,Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Surrey,Worcestershire

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	73	96	22	985	75	13.31	1927	51.11	0	3	111	19	18	0
ODIs	175	91	35	719	34*	12.83	940	76.48	0	0	60	24	37	0
T20Is	12	4	2	13	9	6.50	10	130.00	0	0	0	1	2	0
First-class	137	178	37	2019	75	14.31			0	4			42	0
List A	228	119	43	974	42	12.81			0	0			51	0
Twenty20	60	31	18	136	26	10.46	136	100.00	0	0	13	2	14	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	73	133	14668	8120	250	7/87	10/149	32.48	3.32	58.6	12	10	1
ODIs	175	172	8754	7183	241	5/42	5/42	29.80	4.92	36.3	7	1	0
T20Is	12	12	250	327	13	4/19	4/19	25.15	7.84	19.2	1	0	0
First-class	137		28150	15642	569	9/138		27.49	3.33	49.4		32	8
List A	228		11402	9286	316	5/42	5/42	29.38	4.88	36.0	10	1	0
Twenty20	60	60	1314	1693	61	4/19	4/19	27.75	7.73	21.5	1	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Bangladesh v India at Dhaka, Nov 10-13, 2000 scorecard
Last Test	India v Australia at Mohali, Oct 1-5, 2010 scorecard
Test statistics	- Statsguru Test analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  Test match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Bowling match list  Best innings bowling  Best match bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
ODI debut	Kenya v India at Nairobi (Gym), Oct 3, 2000 scorecard
Last ODI	Sri Lanka v India at Dambulla, Jun 24, 2010 scorecard
ODI statistics	- Statsguru ODI analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  ODI match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Best innings bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
T20I debut	South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I	West Indies v India at Bridgetown, May 9, 2010 scorecard
T20I statistics	- Statsguru T20I analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  T20I match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Best innings bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
First-class debut	1999/00
Last First-class	India v Australia at Mohali, Oct 1-5, 2010 scorecard
List A debut	1999/00
Last List A	Sri Lanka v India at Dambulla, Jun 24, 2010 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Glamorgan v Worcestershire at Cardiff, Jun 27, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers Bangalore at Durban, Sep 19, 2010scorecard

Profile

Zaheer Khan is an Indian fast bowler with all the traits that made the Pakistani fast bowlers a phenomenon. He swings the new ball and reverses the old, he does well on flat subcontinent pitches and relishes the helpful ones away, and he controls all three balls well - SG, Duke and Kookaburra. He might not quite have the skills of Wasim Akram, who he has often been compared to, but mentally Zaheer has become as good as Akram. He knows how to get wickets, he has an intuitive sense of when to go for the kill, and once a batsman has shown him the slightest hint of a weakness, Zaheer preys on it ruthlessly. Unlike the Pakistan fast bowlers of the 2000s, though, he stays away from controversy and is pretty low-key off the field.