Zaheer Khan: Biography, Records, Age, Height, Achievements, Family and Career Statistics

Cricketer Zaheer Khan, born in India on October 8, 1978, represented his country in all formats of the sport from 2000 until 2014. His left-handed delivery speed is medium-fast. He was the second-most effective Indian fast bowler in Test cricket history, behind only Kapil Dev. With his ferocious seam and pace bowling, especially his lightning-fast, inch-perfect Yorkers, the young Zaheer Khan made a name for himself.

He is widely considered to be one of India’s best fast bowlers. In 2006, Zaheer Khan moved to England to play for Worcestershire to hone his bowling skills. Left-arm fast-medium bowlers are rare, but his ability to “move the ball both ways off the wicket and swing the old ball at some pace” set him apart. Zaheer Khan was a master of the old ball’s reverse swing.

Some of the best left-handed batters in the game, such as Graeme Smith, Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya, and Matthew Hayden, have all been dismissed by him more than ten times in international play. Zaheer Khan was honoured as a 2008 Wisden Cricketer of the Year. In October 2015, Zaheer Khan announced he was retiring from international cricket. As well as Worcestershire in County Cricket, he played for Mumbai, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Daredevils, and Mumbai Indians in Indian domestic cricket.

Zaheer Khan Biography:

1. Real Name: Zaheer Khan
2. Other/Nickname: Zak, Zippy
3. Profession: Former Indian Cricketer
4. Famous for: Aggressive
5. Best Performance: 7/87 vs. Bangladesh in Dhaka – 2010
6. Zaheer Khan Net Worth: Rs.205 Crore
7. Zaheer Khan Salary: 6 Crore INR
8. Zaheer Khan Monthly Income: 50 Lacs INR
9. Instagram Handle: @zaheer_khan34

Zaheer Khan Physical Status: 

1. Height: 6’0″
2. Weight: 78 kg
3. Body Measurements: Chest -42 Inches, Waist -34 Inches and Biceps -14 Inches 
4. Eye Colour: Brown
5. Hair Colour: Balck

Zaheer Khan Personal Life:

1. Date Of Birth: October 7, 1978 
2. Place Of Birth: Shrirampur, Ahmednagar, Maharastra, India
3. Nationality: Indian
4. Hometown: Shrirampur, Ahmednagar, Maharastra, India 
5. School: Hind seva Mandal’s New Marathi Primary School, Shrirampur, KJ Somaiyya Secondary school, Shrirampur
6. Highest Education Qualification: High School

Zaheer Khan Family Statistics:

• Marital Status: Married
• Girlfriend: Isha Sharvani
• Wife: Sagarika Ghatge (23 November,2017)
• Parents: Father -Bakhtiyar Khan and Mother -Zakia Khan
• Siblings: Brother-Zeeshan and Anees
• Religion: Islam
• Other Hobbies: Traveling and Reading 

Zaheer Khan Career Statistics:

• Test Debut: vs. Bangladesh at Bangabandhu National Stadium, November 10, 2000
• ODI Debut: vs Kenya at Gymkhana Club Ground, Oct 03, 2000
• T20 Debut: vs. South Africa at The Wanderers Stadium, December 1, 2006
• IPL Debut: vs. Kolkata Knight Riders at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, April 18, 2008

Zaheer Khan Achievements:

• Zaheer Khan was honoured as a 2008 Wisden Cricketer of the Year.
• He led the pace attack and helped his team win the ODI World Cup by taking 21 wickets in 9 games. In 2011, the President of India presented him with the country’s second-highest athletic honour, the Arjuna Award. 
• Zaheer was given the Padma Shri award in 2020 for outstanding societal contributions.
• During a 2010 Test match against Bangladesh, he took ten wickets.
• In 2007, Zaheer took five wickets in an ODI match against Sri Lanka at the Nehru Stadium in Margao, India.

Here are some lesser-known facts about Zaheer Khan:

• Zaheer’s cricket coach, Sudhir Naik, advised him to drop mechanical engineering after school because of his obvious talent for the sport.
• Former Indian captain MS Dhoni once stated, “Zaheer Khan is Sachin Tendulkar of the Indian bowling attack.”
• Khan preferred left-handed batters. In international cricket, his consistency with the ball has resulted in 237 southpaw dismissals. Zaheer has more left-handers than anyone other than Muttiah Muralitharan and fast bowler Shaun Pollock.
• Zaheer Khan is also a businessperson. He owns the restaurant “ZK’s” in Pune. He is also involved in the fitness sector. In 2014, Zak established ProSport Fitness and its services in Mumbai. Famous cricket physiotherapists Andrew Leipus and Adrian Le Roux are the other co-founders of the gym.
• Zaheer Khan participated in the world’s highest level of domestic cricket, English County cricket. Surrey signed him in 2004 and Worcestershire in 2006, respectively.
• The aggressive left-handed seamer introduced the knuckleball to international cricket during the 2011 World Cup. He dismissed Paul Collingwood, Devon Smith, and Ian Bell using the magic ball.

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