Ranking India’s Top 10 ODI match-winners of all-time
Team India have been fortunate enough to have a good supply of such players for its ODI team.
7. Zaheer Khan
If there was ever a player who could win matches single-handedly with the ball in hand while playing for the Indian ODI team, it was Zaheer Khan. One of the heroes of India’s World Cup win in 2011, Zaheer Khan was one of the most talented players to have ever held the white ball donning the Indian blues. Zaheer shot into the limelight since the very first time he played for the Indian team that is in the ICC Knockout Cup in 2000, as he beat Steve Waugh for pace and bowled him in the tournament.
It was then that the world saw the beginning of a phenomenon in the Indian pace bowling department. Zaheer’s ability to reverse swing an old white ball and craft out unplayable deliveries with the new one were the two things that caught everyone’s eye during the entire time Zak played for the Indian team, 12 years to be precise. And, during that time period, he played 200 matches where he took 282 wickets.
For a pace bowler maintaining his fitness and not getting injured is one of the most important things that he/she should take care of. And, in case of Zaheer, it seemed as if he had caught the control of his body and could control the way it functions.
He rarely missed any ODI matches due to injuries or related problems and fulfilled his national duty in the best way he could even when he would come after breaks that he had to take due to unavoidable circumstances. Having retired from ODI cricket for almost a decade now, he still remains to be a legend of the game and an inspiration to many.
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