![]() Career of Zaheer Khan Zaheer Khan was selected in the year 2000 in the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. He made his Test debut against Bangladesh at Dhaka. He debuted in One Day International against Kenya at Nairobi during the ICC Knock out Trophy in the same year. After the debut of Sreesanth and R. P. Singh in late 2005 it became difficult for Zaheer to retain his position in the Indian team. He was also demoted from a B-grade to a C-grade contract at the end of the year. In Indian domestic cricket, Zaheer made his name playing for Vadodara, but transferred to Mumbai at the start of the 2006-07 Indian cricket season his debut for Mumbai until the final of the Ranji Trophy in which he took 9 wickets as Mumbai defeated Bengal. ![]() In late 2006, Zaheer was retained in the Test and ODI team for the tour of South Africa. His performance in early 2007 in home ODIs against the West Indies and Sri Lanka was commendable. ![]() In the 2003 World cup he was the 4th highest wicket taker - 18 wickets from 11 matches at an average of 20 runs per wicket. He was the basis of Indian bowling attack during the side's victorious Cricket World Cup 2011. He has taken over 250 Test wickets at an average of just over 33 runs per wicket. He also holds the world record for the highest Test score by a number 11 batsman when he scored 75 for India v Bangladesh in Dhaka in the year 2004. His batting average of 19.46 at number 10 is also the highest for a batsman in ODIs. Zaheer Khan is the 5th Indian to achieve more than 250 wickets in ODIs. Cricket Statistics of Zaheer Khan Batting and Fielding Averages of Zaheer Khan
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