Dhoni rates http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 – Cricket News Update
India’s captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, rates Zaheer Khan extremely high and believes that the left-hander is as important for the side’s bowling department as Sachin Tendulkar is for the batting.
Zaheer, 33, has been an integral part of the Indian line-up since making his way to international cricket in 2000, although he has missed a lot of games over the years due to fitness issues.
The left-arm pacer played a huge role in India’s victory in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482.
However, the cricketer from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Maharashtra-c811 has not enjoyed a lot of success this year, picking up just 11 scalps in the five Tests. He looked off-colour during India’s warm-up games of the on-going mega event as well.
Dhoni however, still has complete faith in the left-arm fast bowler’s abilities and called him the Tendulkar of India’s bowling, which is an extra-ordinary compliment, taking into account the batting-maestro’s achievements in international cricket.
"It is easier to go after a bowler. If you look at his performances he should get equal respect that Sachin gets. He is the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chinnadupargea-Sachin-c50607 for us when it comes to the bowling department," said Dhoni. "He has led our attack for the last few
years; he has been our best bowler whatever the format. Maybe in the last few games he has not got the wickets whether it be Test cricket, ODIs or T20 formats."
Zaheer has so far represented http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in 85 Tests, 200 One Day Internationals and 14 T20s, picking up almost 600 victims. It is not a bad record, considering the fact that he has played a lot of cricket on Indian pitches, which do not
offer any assistance to the fast bowlers.
Having beaten http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 and wants him
to regain his rhythm.
"We have a chance of giving Zaheer a few games because we are in that stage where we can look to do that," he added.
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