Today is the birthday of Indian Cricketer Zaheer Khan. He was born on this day on 7th October 1978 at Srirampur in Maharashtra. Zaheer Khan is also known as the backbone of Team India's fast bowling, and Zaheer Khan helped the Indian team won whenever needed an excellent bowler. He has always been there to back up the team and he has played an important role in many wins. Perhaps that's why Zaheer Khan is called the 'Sachin Tendulkar' of bowling.
His incomparable contribution to cricket has also helped him to receive the 'Cricketer of the Year award' in 2008. In addition, he has also been honored with the Arjuna Award in 2011.
Today, on the occasion of his birthday, we will take you on a journey of Zaheer's life. Zaheer was born into a Marathi Muslim family. Initially, Zaheer played with Baroda's team, but later he started playing for Mumbai. Zaheer Khan is also affectionately called Jack and Jackie.
Zaheer comes fourth in India's highest wicket-taker list. Before him is Anil Kumble (619), Kapil Dev (437), and Harbhajan Singh (411). He has taken 311 wickets in Test matches. Zaheer took 21 wickets in the 2011 World Cup, playing an important role in winning the World Cup.
He has recorded the highest 44 wickets in the World Cup. Zaheer has bowled out Graeme Smith, Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya, and Matthew Hayden for the best batsmen more than 10 times. He has taken 282 wickets in 200 ODI matches.
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