10 legends who retired without a farewell
The final pages for some of the cricketers are ripped off due to the various reasons and which took away the sheens of beautiful stories.
9. Zaheer Khan – India
At the start of the 21st century, the Indian bowling attack was bolstered by the addition of genuine fast-bowlers and one of them was Zaheer Khan. The left-arm pacer always stood up for his skipper and his tally of 44 wickets in 23 World Cup games is the validation of his temperament. Zak used to be a tricky customer for the opposition because of his versatility with the new ball and as well as with the old one.
Khan was a thinking cricketer as he was the first pacer to use the knuckleball in the international circuit. Apart from his bowling skills, his street smartness helped him lead the bowling unit in the later part of his career. In a country which is ruled by tweakers, Zak has held his own with 600 international wickets. When the team visited the New Zealand shores in 2014 he took 9 wickets in 2 games which included a fifer. It turned to be his final innings and he was robbed of a fitting goodbye in his amazing journey.
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