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Zaheer Khan stats

Data through 14 May 2017Last updated 14 May 2017

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 29 June 2002 to 14 May 2017. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Zaheer Khan played 60 Tests, 132 ODIs, 15 T20Is for India in the data, between 2002 and 2017. With the ball, the best return was 218 wickets in Tests at an average of 31.72 and an economy rate of 3.26.

International matches

207

Tests 60 · ODIs 132 · T20Is 15

International runs

1,474

0 hundreds

International wickets

414

10 five-wicket hauls

T20 league & domestic matches

117 runs

Best bowling

7/87

Test

Teams played for

India 2002–2014 · 203Royal Challengers Bengaluru 2008–2013 · 43Delhi Capitals 2015–2017 · 30Mumbai Indians 2009–2014 · 26Asia XI 2005–2007 · 4

BattingBowling

Zaheer Khan batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Test	60	85	14	930	75	13.10	1,813	51.3	3	17	109	22
ODI	132	63	20	531	34*	12.35	745	71.3	0	8	47	16
T20I	15	4	2	13	9	6.50	10	130.0	0	0	0	1
T20 (leagues & domestic)	99	32	18	117	23*	8.36	141	83.0	0	5	11	2

Runs per year

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Zaheer Khan: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2002	11
2003	131
2004	150
2005	58
2006	155
2007	222
2008	198
2009	164
2010	169
2011	123
2012	107
2013	32
2014	61
2015	0
2016	6
2017	4

Year-by-year batting (33 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	50
2002	ODI	1	11	11.00	84.6	11	0
2003	ODI	11	104	17.33	80.0	34	0
2003	Test	2	27	13.50	57.4	27	0
2004	ODI	3	34	34.00	121.4	28	0
2004	Test	6	116	29.00	60.1	75	1
2005	ODI	5	45	22.50	118.4	20	0
2005	Test	1	13	–	92.9	13	0
2006	ODI	5	35	11.67	79.5	16	0
2006	Test	7	120	20.00	45.3	37	0
2007	ODI	17	170	17.00	72.3	31	0
2007	Test	11	52	6.50	36.9	11	0
2008	ODI	6	19	3.80	26.0	12	0
2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	34	8.50	79.1	17	0
2008	Test	13	145	14.50	42.2	57	1
2009	ODI	2	22	11.00	66.7	17	0
2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	8	8.00	72.7	4	0
2009	T20I	2	4	4.00	133.3	4	0
2009	Test	7	130	26.00	65.7	51	1
2010	ODI	3	18	6.00	138.5	16	0
2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	24	24.00	184.6	23	0
2010	T20I	2	9	9.00	128.6	9	0
2010	Test	13	118	9.08	41.7	33	0
2011	ODI	8	62	7.75	50.4	24	0
2011	T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	21	10.50	87.5	21	0
2011	Test	5	40	10.00	69.0	23	0
2012	ODI	2	11	5.50	73.3	9	0
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	12	6.00	70.6	11	0
2012	Test	13	84	6.46	65.6	35	0
2013	Test	4	32	10.67	42.7	29	0
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	8	8.00	114.3	7	0
2014	Test	3	53	17.67	79.1	22	0
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	6	3.00	46.2	4	0
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	4	4.00	30.8	2	0

Zaheer Khan bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
Test	108	12,714	6,916	218	7/87	10/149	31.72	3.26	58.3	18	9	418
ODI	129	6,582	5,500	180	5/42	–	30.56	5.01	36.6	3	1	80
T20I	15	316	392	16	4/19	–	24.50	7.44	19.8	1	0	0
T20 (leagues & domestic)	99	2,200	2,782	102	4/17	–	27.27	7.59	21.6	1	0	5

Wickets per year

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Zaheer Khan: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2002	4
2003	37
2004	16
2005	14
2006	29
2007	78
2008	57
2009	52
2010	74
2011	57
2012	45
2013	12
2014	14
2015	7
2016	10
2017	10

Year-by-year bowling (37 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2002	ODI	2	4	23.75	5.00	3/47
2003	ODI	19	32	21.28	4.53	4/42
2003	Test	3	5	41.00	3.94	5/95
2004	ODI	7	7	48.29	5.93	2/43
2004	Test	10	9	42.89	2.79	3/64
2005	ODI	7	10	29.00	4.77	3/21
2005	Test	2	4	25.50	3.40	3/74
2006	ODI	8	9	42.44	5.95	3/42
2006	T20I	1	2	7.50	3.75	2/15
2006	Test	8	18	35.17	3.71	4/61
2007	ODI	31	37	35.76	4.99	5/42
2007	Test	18	41	25.73	3.17	5/34
2008	ODI	10	17	19.53	3.85	4/21
2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	11	13	27.46	8.50	3/38
2008	Test	16	27	36.85	3.21	5/91
2009	ODI	12	14	43.14	5.70	3/63
2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	6	23.67	6.76	3/31
2009	T20I	8	9	23.00	7.76	4/19
2009	Test	10	23	33.26	3.49	5/65
2010	ODI	10	11	37.09	5.07	3/38
2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	15	25.07	7.78	3/21
2010	T20I	2	1	81.00	10.12	1/36
2010	Test	17	47	21.98	3.31	7/87
2011	ODI	14	30	20.67	4.85	3/20
2011	T20 (leagues & domestic)	15	14	32.50	7.71	3/32
2011	Test	5	13	23.15	2.63	4/77
2012	ODI	9	9	47.44	5.34	2/39
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	15	17	26.65	7.55	3/38
2012	T20I	4	4	22.25	6.36	3/22
2012	Test	12	15	49.27	3.02	3/122
2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	5	9.40	7.83	4/17
2013	Test	3	7	45.71	3.62	4/88
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	5	29.20	6.54	2/21
2014	Test	4	9	42.44	3.57	5/170
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	7	22.29	6.46	2/9
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	12	10	33.70	7.72	3/21
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	11	10	31.30	7.79	3/20

Zaheer Khan against each team

vs Australia vs South Africa vs England vs Sri Lanka vs New Zealand vs Pakistan vs Bangladesh

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	50
South Africa	Test	17	229	15.27	46.4	37	0
Australia	Test	22	218	12.11	55.2	57	1
New Zealand	Test	13	178	16.18	75.4	51	1
Bangladesh	Test	6	108	21.60	65.1	75	1
Sri Lanka	Test	9	63	7.88	28.5	32	0
England	Test	13	61	5.55	32.6	11	0
Pakistan	Test	4	60	20.00	60.0	21	0
New Zealand	ODI	7	97	24.25	82.2	34	0
Australia	ODI	9	87	14.50	60.4	31	0
Sri Lanka	ODI	12	84	8.40	62.2	28	0
South Africa	ODI	9	74	10.57	50.7	24	0
England	ODI	9	67	8.38	74.4	20	0
Pakistan	ODI	9	54	9.00	103.8	17	0
Africa XI	ODI	3	26	–	100.0	20	0
Chennai Super Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	39	9.75	108.3	21	0
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	25	25.00	192.3	23	0
Kolkata Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	20	10.00	76.9	11	0
Rajasthan Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	18	9.00	69.2	17	0
Mumbai Indians	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	5	2.50	27.8	2	0
Deccan Chargers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	4	2.00	30.8	4	0
Punjab Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	1	1.00	16.7	1	0

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
Australia	Test	25	51	31.67	3.37	5/91
South Africa	Test	20	40	33.75	3.27	4/62
England	Test	15	32	23.91	2.47	5/75
New Zealand	Test	18	32	38.22	3.25	5/65
Bangladesh	Test	10	26	22.27	3.92	7/87
Sri Lanka	Test	10	18	39.83	3.66	5/72
Pakistan	Test	8	15	37.67	3.40	4/61
Sri Lanka	ODI	33	48	31.06	5.12	5/42
New Zealand	ODI	14	23	23.39	4.80	4/42
Pakistan	ODI	19	21	45.62	5.81	2/40
South Africa	ODI	13	19	29.05	4.79	3/42
England	ODI	14	18	33.28	4.81	3/26
Australia	ODI	14	16	44.12	5.93	3/49
Africa XI	ODI	4	8	13.75	3.71	3/21
Bangladesh	ODI	7	6	42.33	5.08	2/32
West Indies	ODI	3	5	15.80	3.65	3/26
South Africa	T20I	3	6	10.50	5.73	3/22
New Zealand	T20I	3	3	25.67	6.42	1/20
Kolkata Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	15	19	22.32	8.18	3/21
Chennai Super Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	12	16	22.06	7.67	4/17
Punjab Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	13	30.46	7.36	3/34
Deccan Chargers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	12	15.08	7.24	3/21
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	10	25.70	7.52	2/21
Mumbai Indians	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	7	40.71	7.12	2/17
Delhi Capitals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	6	40.00	9.29	3/38
Rajasthan Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	5	42.60	6.66	2/17
Rising Pune Supergiant	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	5	12.80	6.40	3/20
Sunrisers Hyderabad	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	3	40.67	7.62	2/26
Pune Warriors	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	3	29.33	7.33	2/21
Gujarat Lions	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	1	105.00	8.75	1/27

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
M Chinnaswamy Stadium	15	120	17.14	57
The Wanderers Stadium	6	79	15.80	37
Bangabandhu National Stadium	1	75	75.00	75
Basin Reserve	3	73	36.50	33
Kingsmead	11	64	7.11	27
SuperSport Park	4	61	30.50	24
Seddon Park	1	51	–	51
R Premadasa Stadium	5	49	12.25	28
Wankhede Stadium	6	48	12.00	31
Arun Jaitley Stadium	5	47	15.67	28

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
M Chinnaswamy Stadium	37	53	26.02	5.29
Arun Jaitley Stadium	20	27	25.93	5.03
Kingsmead	12	24	22.92	3.53
Shere Bangla National Stadium	11	24	23.00	4.74
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium	13	21	33.10	4.19
The Wanderers Stadium	9	17	29.29	4.07
Trent Bridge	5	15	13.67	3.60
Newlands	8	15	30.73	3.71
Brabourne Stadium	10	14	25.50	5.25
R Premadasa Stadium	13	14	33.43	5.01

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	0	3	0.0	1	1490	59	6.74
T20	Middle	9	29	31.0	2	343	15	8.20
T20	Death	121	119	101.7	13	683	44	9.05
ODI	Powerplay	–	–	–	–	3164	71	4.41
ODI	Middle	166	359	46.2	15	2183	52	5.02
ODI	Death	365	386	94.6	28	1235	57	6.54

How Zaheer Khan was dismissed

Caught76 (58%)
Bowled23 (18%)
Lbw15 (12%)
Run out11 (8%)
Stumped3 (2%)
Caught and bowled2 (2%)

How Zaheer Khan took wickets

Caught301
Bowled115
Lbw93
Caught and bowled6
Hit wicket1

Last 20 innings

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Zaheer Khan: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
23 Nov 2012	11
23 Nov 2012	1
5 Dec 2012	6
5 Dec 2012	0
18 Dec 2013	0
18 Dec 2013	29
26 Dec 2013	0
26 Dec 2013	3
6 Feb 2014	14
6 Feb 2014	17
14 Feb 2014	22
19 Apr 2014	0
25 Apr 2014	7
27 Apr 2014	0
30 Apr 2014	1
10 Apr 2016	4
15 May 2016	2
8 Apr 2017	1
6 May 2017	2
14 May 2017	1

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
14 May 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	1*	1	not out	Arun Jaitley Stadium
6 May 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	2	11	caught	Arun Jaitley Stadium
8 Apr 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	1*	1	not out	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
15 May 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	2	4	bowled	Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium
10 Apr 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kolkata Knight Riders	4	9	caught	Eden Gardens
30 Apr 2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sunrisers Hyderabad	1*	2	not out	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
27 Apr 2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	0*	0	not out	Sharjah Cricket Stadium
25 Apr 2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Chennai Super Kings	7*	3	not out	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
19 Apr 2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	0	2	caught	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
14 Feb 2014	Test	New Zealand	22	19	caught	Basin Reserve
6 Feb 2014	Test	New Zealand	17	32	caught	Eden Park
6 Feb 2014	Test	New Zealand	14	16	caught	Eden Park
26 Dec 2013	Test	South Africa	3	41	lbw	Kingsmead
26 Dec 2013	Test	South Africa	0	2	caught	Kingsmead
18 Dec 2013	Test	South Africa	29*	31	not out	The Wanderers Stadium
18 Dec 2013	Test	South Africa	0	1	lbw	The Wanderers Stadium
5 Dec 2012	Test	England	0	4	lbw	Eden Gardens
5 Dec 2012	Test	England	6	21	lbw	Eden Gardens
23 Nov 2012	Test	England	1	11	caught	Wankhede Stadium
23 Nov 2012	Test	England	11	11	caught	Wankhede Stadium

Last 20 bowling innings

Most recent bowling innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Figures	Overs	Ground
14 May 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	1/31	4	Arun Jaitley Stadium
12 May 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rising Pune Supergiant	2/25	4	Arun Jaitley Stadium
10 May 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Gujarat Lions	0/30	4	Green Park
6 May 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	0/29	4	Arun Jaitley Stadium
28 Apr 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kolkata Knight Riders	0/8	1.1	Eden Gardens
22 Apr 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	0/36	4	Wankhede Stadium
19 Apr 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sunrisers Hyderabad	0/37	4	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium
17 Apr 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kolkata Knight Riders	2/28	4	Arun Jaitley Stadium
15 Apr 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Punjab Kings	0/38	4	Arun Jaitley Stadium
11 Apr 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rising Pune Supergiant	3/20	3	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium
8 Apr 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	2/31	4	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
22 May 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	1/30	4	Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium
20 May 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sunrisers Hyderabad	0/26	4	Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium
17 May 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rising Pune Supergiant	0/19	3	Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium
15 May 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	1/23	4	Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium
7 May 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Punjab Kings	1/25	3	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium
3 May 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Gujarat Lions	1/27	4	Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium
30 Apr 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kolkata Knight Riders	3/21	3.3	Arun Jaitley Stadium
27 Apr 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Gujarat Lions	0/48	4	Arun Jaitley Stadium
23 Apr 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	1/30	4	Arun Jaitley Stadium

Batter vs bowler matchups

Batters Zaheer Khan bowled to most

Jacques Kallis vs Zaheer Khan568 balls
Brendon McCullum vs Zaheer Khan554 balls
Graeme Smith vs Zaheer Khan510 balls
Kumar Sangakkara vs Zaheer Khan493 balls
Ricky Ponting vs Zaheer Khan475 balls
Alastair Cook vs Zaheer Khan459 balls
Matthew Hayden vs Zaheer Khan421 balls
Tillakaratne Dilshan vs Zaheer Khan399 balls
Michael Clarke vs Zaheer Khan392 balls
Hashim Amla vs Zaheer Khan387 balls
Mahela Jayawardene vs Zaheer Khan384 balls
Kevin Pietersen vs Zaheer Khan351 balls

Frequently asked questions

How many wickets has Zaheer Khan taken in Tests?

218 wickets in 108 innings at an average of 31.72, economy 3.26, best figures 7/87.

How many wickets has Zaheer Khan taken in ODIs?

180 wickets in 129 innings at an average of 30.56, economy 5.01, best figures 5/42.

How many runs has Zaheer Khan scored in Tests?

930 runs in 85 innings (60 matches) at an average of 13.10 and a strike rate of 51.3, in the data from 2003 to 2014.

How many runs has Zaheer Khan scored in ODIs?

531 runs in 63 innings (132 matches) at an average of 12.35 and a strike rate of 71.3, in the data from 2002 to 2012.

How many runs has Zaheer Khan scored in T20Is?

13 runs in 4 innings (15 matches) at an average of 6.50 and a strike rate of 130.0, in the data from 2006 to 2012.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.