2) Zaheer Khan is fondly nicknamed 'Zak'
3) Zaheer khan is India’s most successful left-arm seamer and the third most successful in the World
4) Zaheer did his initial schooling at the Hind Seva Mandal’s New Marathi Primary School and later at the KJ Somaiyya Secondary School. Post schooling, Zaheer got admission to the Mechanical Engineering degree course. But on his coach Sudhir Naik’s advice, Zaheer gave up engineering and focussed on cricket, even as Zaheer was good at academics.
5) Zaheer Khan has played for various teams in domestic cricket such as Baroda, Mumbai, Surrey, Worcestershire and IPL teams Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians and Delhi Daredevils
6) In county cricket, Zaheer khan became the first Worcestershire player to take 10 wickets in a match on debut for over 100 years
7) Zaheer Khan made his First-Class debut in the 1999-2000 domestic season for Baroda, as Zaheer couldn’t make it to the Mumbai squad. In his debut season, Zaheer was the third best fast bowler, and best left-arm seamer, behind Ashish Zaidi and Sadagoppan Mahesh
8) In the 2000/01 Ranji Trophy final against Railways, Zaheer Khan was awarded Man of the Match for scalping 8-wickets and helped Baroda win by 21-runs
9) Zaheer Khan was declared Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2008
10) Zaheer khan was honoured with the Arjuna Award in 2011
11) Zaheer khan, along with Javagal Srinath and Ashish Nehra, was instrumental in India’s dream run to the final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003. However, a nervous Zaheer gave a horrific start to the final, conceding 15 runs in the first over against Australia. India never recovered and lost with a huge margin. With 18 wickets from 11 matches, he finished the tournament as the fourth highest wicket-taker at an impressive average of 20.77 runs per wicket
12) Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni considered Zaheer Khan as the Sachin Tendulkar of Indian bowling attack
13) Zaheer khan has two brothers the elder brother named Zeeshankhan and younger brother named Anees khan
14) Zaheer Khan Made his international Test debut against Bangladesh and ODI debut against Kenya during the ICC Knock Out Trophy in 2000
15) Zaheer khan owns a restaurant “ZK’s” in Pune, which is being managed by his younger brother Anees
16) As a young boy, Zaheer was afraid of travelling by plane. His first experience of boarding a plane was when Zaheer travelled to Madhya Pradesh with the Mumbai Ranji probables. zaheer famously told his coach Vidyadhar Paradkar, “Sir aap mere saath aaoge? Mujhe plane se darr lagta hai (Sir, will you accompany me? I am scared of planes).”
17) Every bowler has a bunny and Zaheer khan had former South African skipper Graeme Smith, whom Zaheer has dismissed 14 times in international cricket, the most times Zaheer has dismissed any batsman.
18) Zaheer khan was dating Bollywood actress Isha Sharvani for 8 years
19) Zaheer Khan was at his best when India won the Cricket World Cup in 2011 claiming 21 wickets in 9 matches
20) Against Australia in 2008, Zaheer became the third Indian after Rusi Surti and Kapil Dev to score a half century and take five wickets in an innings in the same match
21) Zaheer khan first burst onto the scene under the inspirational captain Sourav Ganguly’s tenure. Ganguly, who gave opportunities to a number of youngsters such as Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh and Mohammad Kaif in his time, also shaped Zaheer’s career
22) Zaheer khan has taken 610 international wickets so far (311 in Tests, 282 in ODIs and 17 in T20 Internationals (T20Is). Zaheer has 652 First-Class wickets to his name, along with 357 in List A and 119 in domestic T20Is
23) As of December 2010, his 75 against Bangladesh in 2004 was the highest Test score by a number 11 batsman
24) Zaheer Khan was hugely inspired by the left-arm-fast bowling legend Wasim Akram since his childhood
25) Zaheer khan dismissed the Sri Lankan legend Sangakkara 11 times (6 times in tests and 5 times in ODIs) in his career
26) Zaheer khan has also officially bowled a few overs as a slow left arm spinner in Tests.
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