Early life and domestic career
Zaheer Khan was born in Shrirampur in Maharashtra. He began his first-class career with Baroda in 1999 and later played county cricket for Surrey in 2004 and Worcestershire in 2006. From 2006 to 2014 he played domestic cricket for Mumbai.
International career
Zaheer Khan made his ODI debut against Kenya on 3 October 2000 and his Test debut against Bangladesh on 10 November 2000. He played his only T20I against South Africa on 1 December 2006 in his first appearance in that format, and went on to play 17 T20Is in total.
Across his career he played 92 Tests, taking 311 wickets, 200 ODIs, taking 282 wickets, and 17 T20Is, taking 17 wickets. His last Test was against New Zealand on 14 February 2014, his last ODI against Sri Lanka on 4 August 2012, and his last T20I against South Africa on 2 October 2012.
He was part of the India squad that won the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. He also shared the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy and was in the squad that won the 2010 Asia Cup.
IPL career
Zaheer Khan played in the Indian Premier League for Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians and Delhi Daredevils. In the 2017 season he became the 10th bowler and the eighth Indian to take 100 IPL wickets, and at 38 he was the oldest bowler to reach that mark.
Awards and honours
Zaheer Khan was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2008, received the Arjuna Award in 2011, and was awarded the Padma Shri in 2020.
