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Zaheer Khan Biography
Zaheer Khan is one of the most popular and richest Cricket Player who was born on October 7, 1978 in Shrirampur, India. Nicknamed “ZAK”, he won the Ranji Trophy title with Mumbai, lead the Indian pace attack during the early 2000’s.
He was recalled to the Test and ODI team for the tour of South Africa in 2006 following an injury to Munaf Patel.
Zaheer Khan (born 7 October 1978) is an Indian former cricketer who played all forms of the game for the Indian national team from 2000 till 2014. He was the second-most successful Indian pace bowler in Test cricket, behind Kapil Dev. Khan started his domestic career by playing for Baroda. In the early years of his career, Khan was known for his hostile seam and pace bowling, especially fast inch-perfect yorkers.
Khan came to Mumbai in 1996 and joined the National Cricket Club that played in Division A in the city. He played in competitions such as the Kanga Cricket League, Comrade Shield and the Purshottam Shield with the team. Sandeep Mahadkar, Khan’s captain during the time, recalled the latter’s ability with the ball with an instance where he reverse swung a ball that had been bowled 50 overs with, bowling ten maiden overs and helping his team win a Comrade Shield game. His ability with the bat was recalled by another former teammate with who Khan put together a 102-run stand for ninth wicket making an unbeaten 62 runs taking his team home. His “jaw-dropping spells in the Purshottam Shield” culminated with the 7/74 performance against Shivaji Park Gymkhana in January 1997. he was later sent to the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai by Sudhir Naik, owner of the National Cricket Club. Impressed by his talent, the bowling coach there, T. A. Sekhar, pushed Khan to play for Baroda.
He met his first wife, Isha Sharvani, in 2005.
| Name | Zaheer Khan |
| First Name | Zaheer |
| Last Name | Khan |
| Occupation | Cricket Player |
| Birthday | October 7 |
| Birth Year | 1978 |
| Place of Birth | Shrirampur |
| Home Town | |
| Birth Country | India |
| Birth Sign | Libra |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Parents | Zakia Khan, Bakhtiyar Khan |
| Siblings | Zeeshan Khan, Anees Khan |
| Spouse | Not Known |
| Children(s) | Not Available |
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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Khan quickly made his name playing for Baroda in the first-class level. In the final of the 2000–01 season of the Ranji Trophy against Railways, Khan received the man of the match award after he returned figures of 8/145 for the match, including a five-wicket haul in the second innings (5/16), helping his team lift the trophy for the fifth time and a first in 43 years.
Zaheer Khan Net Worth
Zaheer Khan is one of the richest Cricket Player from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Zaheer Khan's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was chosen for the first intake of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore in 2000 before making his Test debut later that year.
He set a world record for the highest Test score by a number 11 when he scored 75 against Bangladesh in 2004.
He was born on 7 October 1978 in Daimabad in Shrirampur, Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra, India to parents Zakia and Bakhtiyar Khan.He was born in Marathi Muslim family. He has an elder brother Zeeshan and younger brother Anees. Zaheer attended the New Marathi Primary school and the K. J. Somaiyya Secondary School in Shrirampur. He also played in the local Revenue Colony Cricket Club (RCC) in Shrirampur after which he started his career in Pune.
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Cricket Player |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
Zaheer has taken 311 Test wickets at an average of just over 32 runs per wicket. South African star all-rounder Jacques Kallis was Zaheer’s 300th test wicket. In 16 matches from the beginning of the tour of West Indies in April 2002 to the end of the 1st match against Australia in December 2003, Brisbane, Zaheer took 54 wickets from 16 matches at an average of 30 runs. It all turned downhill after the first Test against Australia in Brisbane in December 2003. Having taken 5 of the top 7 Australian batsmen in the first innings (5 for 95), he injured himself in the second during the opening spell. After missing the second Test he returned for the third, but was injured midway through the match and was forced to return home. The injury kept him from the early 2004 tour of Pakistan, India’s first Test series victory in the country.
Zaheer has 44 World Cup wickets, spanning from 2003 to 2011, putting him in sixth place behind Glenn McGrath (71), Muttiah Muralitharan (68), Wasim Akram (55), Chaminda Vaas (49) and Lasith Malinga (47) on the list of highest number of wickets by a bowler the marquee event. He is tied with Srinath in sixth but Srinath has played 34 games as opposed to Zaheer’s 23.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Zaheer Khan height 6 ft 1 in Zaheer weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
| Height | 6 ft 1 in |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
Zaheer was selected in 2000 for the first intake of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. He made his Test debut against Bangladesh and ODI debut against Kenya during the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy in the same year.
Earlier, Zaheer held the world record for the highest Test score by a number 11 when he scored 75 against Bangladesh in 2004. At the time he was batting with Sachin Tendulkar; the pair amassed 133 runs, a new record for India’s tenth-wicket. This record was broken by Tino Best of the West Indies in 2012. The current record holder is Ashton Agar of the Australia on his debut match in 2013.
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Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Zaheer Khan. You may help us to build the dating records for Zaheer Khan!He has taken 282 ODI wickets at an average of just over 29 runs per wicket taking 4 wickets in a match 6 times (4 times against Zimbabwe) including 32 wickets against Zimbabwe at an average of 17.46 runs per dismissal. He, along with other seamers like Javagal Srinath and Ashish Nehra helped India to make it to the finals of the 2003 World Cup. Zaheer finished the tournament as fourth highest wicket-taker – 18 wickets from 11 matches at an average of 20 runs per wicket. He is also the fourth highest wicket-taker in ODIs for India with 282 scalps behind Anil Kumble (337), Javagal Srinath (315) and Ajit Agarkar (288).
Facts & Trivia
Zaheer Ranked on the list of most popular Cricket Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Zaheer Khan celebrates birthday on October 7 of every year.
In late 2005 pacemen Sreesanth and R. P. Singh made their international debuts and became regular members of the Indian team making it difficult for Zaheer to retain his position in the playing eleven. The Board of Control for Cricket in India demoted Zaheer from a B-grade to a C-grade contract at the end of the year. He returned for the 2005 tour of Pakistan, where India fielded three left arm pacemen and had difficulty dismissing Pakistan with a lack of variety in the bowling attack.
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