Five Batsmen who devoured Indian Bowling

#3 Zaheer Abbas (Pakistan)

Zaheer Abbas never stopped scoring against India

The incredulous ability of plundering runs against the arch-enemies, India, prompted the Indian players to call him “Zaheer Ab-bas karo” (Zaheer please stop now.) The bespectacled Pakistani batsman also merited the title of ‘Asian Bradman’ for his immense hunger for runs.

The performances of Zaheer Abbas stepped up a notch whenever he encountered the famous neighbors. Batting against India, the Pakistani middle-order batsman averaged 87 while his career average was 44.79 considering all nations. Half of his 12 Test centuries were scored versus India.

Zaheer Abbas walloped a mega century (176) in the first Test that he played against India. In the second Test played at Lahore in 1978, the Pakistani batsman single-handedly scored 235 not out while replying to India’s first innings total of 199.

Later in his career, the prolific run-scorer registered three consecutive scores of 215, 186 and 168 against India. The hapless Indian bowlers could never figure out how to stop this green run-machine.