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Zaheer Khan`s international career in numbers
Zaheer Khan was undoubtedly India`s finest left-arm pacer and Indian fans will miss him as he is all set to announce his retirement today.
New Delhi: Zaheer Khan was undoubtedly India's finest left-arm pacer and Indian fans will miss him as he is all set to announce his retirement today.
Here is a look at his career in numbers:
ODIs:
Zaheer Khan made his ODI debut on October 3, 2000 vs Kenya at Nairobi. It was a memorable debut for him as he picked three wickets for 48 runs in 10 overs.
Zaheer played 200 ODIs for India and picked 282 wickets.
His best bowling figures (5/42) came against Sri Lanka at Margao in 2007 which was his only five-wicket haul in the 50-over format.
Tests:
He made his Test debut against Bangladesh against Bangladesh at Dhaka in 2000.
In whites, Zaheer played 92 matches and picked 311 wickets.
He has 11 5-wicket hauls and one 10-wicket haul in Tests.
His best bowling figures (87/7 in 20.3 overs) in an innings came against Bangladesh at Dhaka in 2010.
His best bowling figures in a match came against Bangladesh in the same match where he picked three wickets in the other innings.
T20Is:
Zaheer played 17 T20Is and picked 17 wickets.
His best bowling figure (4/19) came against Ireland at Nottingham in 2009.