New Delhi . Yuvraj Singh won the Player of the Tournament title for his allround performance in India's 2011 World Cup victory under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni after 28 years. But, in this victory, there was one player who made history possible with his bowling. This bowler was none other than Zaheer Khan, who took the joint maximum of 21 wickets in the World Cup.
The 'Jack' of the Indian fast bowling unit was Sachin Tendulkar. Captains changed, times changed but this bowler was the 'golden left arm' of that era, who played the role of lead fast bowler in the Indian team for many years.
Well, people like batting in cricket and it also remains an exciting aspect. But the spectators are still eager to see the old times where the bowlers had dominance. Where reverse swing was seen in every match and in that period Zaheer Khan's coin was in use.
Former Indian team fast bowler Zaheer Khan will celebrate his 46th birthday on Monday i.e. 7 October 2024. Zaheer Khan, born in 1978 in Shrirampur, Maharashtra, is also known as 'Jack'. He wanted to become an engineer, but fate made him a star cricketer.
Although he won a lot of accolades in his career, his performance in the World Cup 2011 was excellent and he emerged as a troubleshooter in the bowling department for the team every time. Whenever the captain needed a wicket, his expectations were from this bowler and the special thing is that he was successful in it.
Zaheer played a total of 92 Test and 200 ODI matches for India in his 14year international cricket career. During this period, he took 311 wickets in Test and 282 wickets in ODI matches. Also, Zaheer Khan, who had played 17 T20 International matches, had proved his bowling prowess in every cricket playing country of the world at that time. It was Jack who invented 'Knuckle Ball'.
Zaheer, who has played for many teams in IPL, played his last match for Delhi in 2017. At that time he was also the captain of the team. Currently, he will be seen in the role of mentor of Lucknow Super Giants.
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