Zaheer Khan's feat : aggregates 100 wickets in India's winning tests

Zaheer Khan's feat : aggregates 100 wickets in India's winning tests

When India won the test against Sri Lanka at Kanpur by an innings and 144 runs, Zaheer Khan, the spear head of the Indian pace bowling attach, reached a milestone which went unnoticed. He captured his 100th wicket in India’s winning tests.

He became the 51st bowler in the world to capture 100 plus wickets in a team’s winning test. He is the third Indian bowler after A Kumble {288} and Harbhajan Singh {176} to achieve the feat.

Zaheer Khan is the 36th pace bowler to capture 100 plus wickets in a team’s winning tests. He is the first Indian bowler to achieve the feat.

Zaheer Khan became the third left arm pace bowler in the world to capture 100 plus wickets in a team’s winning tests after Wasim Akram of Pakistan{211} and Chaminda Vaas of Sri Lanka {166}

Zaheer Khan’s match wise performance in India’s winnings tests at the end of Kanpu test is tabulated below

No Opp O M R W Ground Month Year
1 Ban 26.0 6 69 3 Dhaka Nov 00
2 Aus 36.4 10 119 2 Kolkata Mar 01
3 Aus 19.0 5 70 1 Chennai Mar 01
4 Zim 33.0 7 98 4 Bulawayo Jun 01
5 Srl 45.0 10 138 7 Kandy Aug 01
6 Zim 22.0 4 78 4 Nagpur Feb 02
7 Zim 25.0 4 88 2 Delhi Feb 02
8 Win 35.1 7 102 4 Trinidad Apr 02
9 Eng 41.0 10 122 3 Leeds Aug 02
10 Zim 20.0 4 67 4 Mumbai Oct 02
11 Zim 22.4 8 44 4 Chennai Oct 02
12 Pak 23.0 6 76 1 Multan Mar 04
13 Aus 8.0 0 24 2 Mumbai Nov 04
14 SAF 32.0 7 86 3 Kolkata Nov 04
15 Ban 28.2 4 111 3 Dhaka Dec 04
16 Ban 24.0 4 104 2 Chittagong/M Dec 04
17 Zim 30.0 6 102 4 Bulawayo Sep 05
18 Zim 26.0 5 82 5 Harare Sep 05
19 SAF 32.5 8 111 5 Jo’burg Dec 06
20 Ban 18.0 2 88 7 Mirpur May 07
21 Eng 48.0 15 134 9 Nottingham Jul 07
22 Pak 38.0 9 90 4 Delhi Nov 07
23 Srl 17.0 2 69 2 Galle Jul 08
24 Aus 40.0 10 127 4 Mohali Oct 08
25 Aus 36.0 8 125 1 Nagpur Nov 08
26 Eng 48.0 16 81 5 Chennai Dec 08
27 NZl 44.0 10 149 3 Hamilton Mar 09
28 Srl 28.0 5 114 2 Kanpur Nov 09
Total 846.4 192 2668 100

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