Zaheer Khan

Zaheer Khan - Indian Cricketer :: Aggressive Fast Bowler
Zaheer Khan, is an Indian cricketer who has been a member of the Indian cricket team since 2000. A left arm pace bowler, Zaheer is known for his ability to swing the ball both ways, and as a batsman also holds the record for the highest Test score by a No. 11.
Zaheer Khan - Indian Cricket Player

Zaheer Khan Aliases (Nicknames & Misspelled names): Zaks, Zakks, ZK, Zaheer, Baroda Express

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Birth Name             Zaheer Khan
Date of Birth         October 7th, 1978
Sex                        Male
Nationality            Indian
Birth Place            Shrirampur, Maharashtra, India
Languages             Hindi, English, Urdu
Occupation           Cricket Player
Education             Discontinued Engineering studies for cricketing career
Father                   Bakhtiyar Khan
Brothers              Anish Khan(Looks after a restaurant)
Relationships       Isha Sharvani(Bollywood actress and daughter of famous dancer Daksha Seth)



Zaheer Khan Biodata:
Who is Zaheer Khan?
Zaheer Khan, the name brings to mind the image of a strongly built man, with fire in his eyes running to the crease with all his might. One recalls that majestic jump just before delivery when one thinks of Zaheer Khan. The jump before the delivery is so much like the calm before the storm. You always get the felling that something is about to happen when Zaheer is bowling. With fire in his belly, aggression in his eye, hope in his heart and vision in his mind, Zaheer is one of the few international quality fast bowlers India has produced. His emergence was a revelation for Indian Cricket which was badly in need of a genuine fast bowler.
Zaheer Khan Cricket Debut:
Zaheer made his debut against Kenya in Nairobi in 2000-01 in the ICC knockout tournament. His impressive debut, when two yorkers in three balls speared into off stumps of Kenyan batsman, won him praises from all quarters and it seemed as if India ’s woes for a fast bowler were over finally. His pace and willingness to angle the ball into the body impressed even the best in the World.


Like Waqar Younnis, Zaheer also yorked his way into the international scene. His style very similar to that of the Pakistani great and his idol, comparisons were made and parallels drawn. His initial performance marked the marked the arrival of a greatly needed star in the Indian line-up. Before anyone knew it, Zaheer was the leading the Indian attack, trapping batsman in front of the wickets, or making them edge the ball as it whizzed past them. With the talent to swing the bowl both ways while bowling at a lively pace, Zaheer had the best of batsmen in frenzy. Pretty soon he achieved a cult status in India , with youngsters hoping to bowl like him. His good performances, combined with his impressive looks won him various advertising contracts and in a way he became India ’s first bowling superstar after a long time. In a country obsessed with batsmen and youngsters trying to emulate them, Zaheer created a fan following for himself and motivated many into bowling. The new Indian prodigy Irfan Pathan idolized Zaheer Khan and wanted to bowl like him.
Zaheer has taken over a hundred wickets in both forms of the game, and along with Javagal Srinath and Ashish Nehra, helped India make it to the finals of the World Cup in 2003. His performance in tests is credit worthy too, with his best patch being in 200-03 season. During that period he took 54 wickets from 16 matches.
Zaheer Khan is pretty useful with the bat too, capable of big-hits and chipping in with useful runs. He holds the record for the highest runs by an Indian number 11 when he scored 75 against Bangladesh .
Zaheer’s career turned downhill after India ’s first test against Australia in 2003. Injuries and lack of form kept him in and out of the side. With more competition to get back into the side, Zaheer improved working hard at the domestic level and on his fitness. He also signed up in 2006 for the English County Season and that has helped him mature greatly.
As a result the man with the steely resolve and Pakistani- aggression is back in the side as the leading bowler for the world cup.


Future of Indian fast bowling:
Zaheer has the desire to succeed, the talent to achieve and the aggression to rattle the opposition. This engineer who quit his studies to pursue cricket can now do more with the ball than he ever could. Zaheer is fitter, stronger, more experienced and wiser for this world cup. He’ll surely want to make a mark and not make the same mistakes he made last time. His aggression will be there, and so will be that killer look in his eyes as he runs with the ball in his hand. He is capable of making things happen and will play in major role in India’s wins.

Zaheer Khan Business Ventures:
Zaheer Khan owns a posh multi cuisine restaurant in Lullanagar , Pune. He had invested Rs 3.5 crore in the 8000 sq ft multi-cuisine restaurant. The restaurant is names as ZK's.





Zaheer Khan Career Graph:
India's main strike bowler, Zaheer Khan's pace and willingness to angle the ball into the body has impressed even the best in the World.
Zaheer Khan’s 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. After that, his pace has dropped and his attitude was questioned, as a new breed of pace bowlers pushed him aside to move to the front of the queue. Zaheer's response was to head to Worcestershire and take 78 wickets in the 2006 county season, a performance that earned him a recall for the tour of South Africa. He was the perfect foil for Sreesanth there, and he then regained his status as leader of the pack with a match winning display at Trent Bridge, as India won only their fifth Test on English soil.




Zaheer Khan Professional Facts:

Major Teams Represented
India
Baroda
Surrey
Worcestershire
Asia XI
ACC Asian XI
Batting style
Right-hand bat
Bowling style
Left-arm fast-medium
Test Debut
Bangladesh v India at Dhaka - Nov 10-13, 2000
ODI Debut
Kenya v India at Nairobi (Gym) - Oct 3, 2000
Twenty20 Debut
South Africa v India at Johannesburg - Dec 1, 2006
First Class Cricketer since
1999-00