Retired International XI of the decade
Several teams are in their transition phases due to the retirement of many greats since 2010.
Zaheer Khan
When it was looking almost impossible for India to find a potent left-arm fast bowler, they found this gem from Mumbai – Zaheer Khan. A bowler who can swing the ball both ways with a steady pace became an asset for Indian cricket. In his prolonged career which spanned over 14 years, Zaheer became the best left-arm fast bowler India has ever produced.
The southpaw from Mumbai played 200 ODIs taking 282 wickets at an average of 29. This included 1 five-wicket haul. In Tests, he has 11 five-wicket hauls and a ten-wicket hauls to his name at an average of 33 taking 311 wickets. In T20Is he has got 17 wickets to his name in as many matches.
The speciality which made Zaheer different from everyone else was his ability to swing the new ball as well as the old one. He could reverse swing the ball at will. Bowlers around the globe usually find reverse swing the most difficult thing to acquire which he mastered quite easily.
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