Yuvraj Singh won the title of 'Player of the Tournament' with his all-round performance in India's World Cup victory under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni in 2011 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 jointly took the maximum 21 wickets in the World Cup. Former Indian team fast bowler Zaheer Khan is celebrating his 46th birthday on Monday i.e. 7 October 2024.
This player was Sachin Tendulkar of bowling
Jack was Sachin Tendulkar of the Indian fast bowling unit. 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. Although people like batting in cricket a lot and it remains an exciting aspect, but even today the spectators are 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.
Earned a big name in cricket without becoming an engineer
Zaheer Khan, born in 1978 in Shrirampur, Maharashtra, is also called Jack. He wanted to become an engineer, but fate made him a star cricketer. Although he won a lot of accolades in his career, but his performance in the World Cup 2011 was excellent and he emerged as a trouble-shooter 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 too.
India won the World Cup
Zaheer Khan played a total of 92 Test and 200 ODI matches for India in his 14-year 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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