Top 5 left-arm bowlers produced by India

#1 Zaheer Khan

Zaheer Khan was instrumental in India's World Cup triumph in 2011

Across all three formats of the game, only three left-arm bowlers have picked up more international wickets than Zaheer Khan's tally of 610 scalps. 311 of those came in Tests wherein he is India's second most successful fast bowler of all-time.

After beginning his career as a tearaway quick, Zaheer reinvented himself during the 2006 season following a breakthrough County stint with Worcestershire. His extraordinary spell in the 2007 Trent Bridge Test marked the beginning of an extremely productive span for Indian cricket.

With an accrued knowledge of setting the batsman up and canny utilisation of reverse swing, he led his country's bowling attack in an astute manner. Zaheer was one of the prominent reasons for India's rise to the number one Test ranking as well as their euphoric World Cup triumph in 2011.