Five Indian bowlers and their bunnies

#5 Zaheer Khan - Graeme Smith

Referred to as the Sachin Tendulkar of India's fast bowling department in the 21st century, Zaheer Khan was a key figure in India's surge in the cricketing world in the new millennium. The chief architect of famous Indian triumphs overseas, Zaheer was an artist with a bag of tricks at his disposal that could bamboozle the world's top batsmen.

Being a traditional left-arm bowler, Khan's strength lied in taking the ball away from the left-handed batsmen. One player to face the wrath of Khan was the Proteas skipper Graeme Smith.

Smith, who was one of the most virtuous batsmen from the rainbow nation, often struggled against both the inswingers as well as the outswingers delivered by Zaheer with the majority of his dismissals being bowled, LBW or caught behind the wicket. Zaheer, who completed his career with 311 wickets in 92 Test matches, accounted for Smith seven times in fifteen Tests with a success rate of 0.466, making him his bunny in the process.