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Ashwin, Laxman extend wishes to Zaheer Khan
India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, batsman Cheteshwar Pujara, and Shikhar Dhawan extended their wishes to former left-arm pacer Zaheer Khan who turned 41 today.
New Delhi: India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, batsman Cheteshwar Pujara, and Shikhar Dhawan extended their wishes to former left-arm pacer Zaheer Khan who turned 41 today.
Zaheer played 92 Test matches for India, in which he scalped 311 wickets with the best figure of 7/87.
"Wishing @ImZaheer a happy birthday and a great year ahead," Ashwin tweeted.
Wishing @ImZaheer a happy birthday and a great year ahead.
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) October 7, 2019
On Sunday, Ashwin took the wicket of Thenuis de Bruyn on the final day of the first Test against South Africa and became the joint-fastest to 350 Test wickets along with Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan.
Pujara who scored 87 runs in the inaugural Test of the series tweeted: "Happy birthday @ImZaheer paaji. Wish you a healthy long life with loads of joy and happiness."
Happy birthday @ImZaheer paaji. 🤗 Wish you a healthy long life with loads of joy and happiness 🙌
— cheteshwar pujara (@cheteshwar1) October 7, 2019
"Happy birthday Zak Bhai! Have a fabulous year ahead with loads of happiness and good luck. @ImZaheer," Dhawan tweeted.
Happy birthday Zak Bhai! Have a fabulous year ahead with loads of happiness and good luck. 🎉 @ImZaheer
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) October 7, 2019
Former cricketers VVS Laxman and Harbhajan Singh also took to Twitter to shower their wishes to Zaheer.
"Happy Birthday @ImZaheer Wishing you a wonderful day and the most amazing year Zak," Laxman tweeted.
Happy Birthday @ImZaheer Wishing you a wonderful day and the most amazing year Zak🤗 pic.twitter.com/6yloKGRxpT
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) October 7, 2019
"Happy birthday my brother swing king @ImZaheer have a good one," Harbhajan tweeted.
Happy birthday my brother swing king @ImZaheer have a good one
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) October 7, 2019
In the limited-overs format, Zaheer bagged 282 wickets in 200 ODI matches while in 17 T20Is he had clinched 17 wickets.
Zaheer was part of India's fifty over World Cup-winning squad in 2011. He bade adieu to international and first-class cricket on October 15, 2015.
