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Zaheer Khan

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Zaheer Khan (born 8 October 1978) is an Indian former professional cricketer who played all formats of the game for the Indian national team from 2000 till 2014. A left-arm fast-medium bowler known for his ability to "move the ball both ways off the wicket and swing the old ball at some pace", he was known for reverse swing with the old ball. Considered one of the best fast bowlers Indian cricket as ever produced, he was the second-most successful Indian pace bowler (tied with Ishant Sharma) in Test cricket, behind Kapil Dev. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zaheer Khan has received more than 4,607,411 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Zaheer Khan is the 63rd most popular cricketer (down from 49th in 2019), the 1,505th most popular biography from India (down from 1,315th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Indian Cricketer.

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  • 37.18

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CRICKETERS

Among cricketers, Zaheer Khan ranks 63 out of 136. Before her are Kumar Sangakkara, Martin Crowe, David Warner, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, and Jacques Kallis. After her are Glenn McGrath, Babar Azam, Waqar Younis, Matthew Hayden, Shoaib Malik, and Imran Tahir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Zaheer Khan ranks 1,047. Before her are Benjamin Burnley, Boris Avrukh, Sara Olsvig, Britta Oppelt, Harutaka Ono, and Trina. After her are Panda Bear, Masaya Nishitani, Dipsy Selolwane, Hanna Marusava, Lucas Bryant, and Bartosz Soćko.

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In India

Among people born in India, Zaheer Khan ranks 1,505 out of 1,861. Before her are Ravi Kumar Dahiya (1997), Ravichandran Ashwin (1986), Jasprit Bumrah (1993), Vijender Singh (1985), Kunal Kapoor (1977), and Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (2005). After her are Ashwini Kalsekar (1970), Dulquer Salmaan (1986), Yash (1986), Chitrangada Singh (1976), Aditi Rao Hydari (1986), and Simran (1976).

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Among CRICKETERS In India

Among cricketers born in India, Zaheer Khan ranks 26. Before her are K. L. Rahul (1992), Suresh Raina (1986), Javagal Srinath (1969), Hardik Pandya (1993), Ravichandran Ashwin (1986), and Jasprit Bumrah (1993). After her are Shreyas Iyer (1994), Mohammed Siraj (1994), Kuldeep Yadav (1994), Irfan Pathan (1984), Shubman Gill (1999), and Dinesh Karthik (1985).

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