Top five bowling performances by Zaheer Khan

3. 3/26 (India v/s England, Rajkot, November 2008)

In all fairness, the game belonged to Yuvraj Singh who hit a belligerent unbeaten century. However, it took a solid spell from the 30-year old pacer to break the back of the English line-up as they went about chasing a stiff target.

First up, Zaheer took out Owais Shah with a delivery that was full and angled across the batsman, resulting in a thick edge to Sehwag at slip. Next, a similar delivery saw the back of Ian Bell, with an ecstatic Dhoni completing a regulation catch in the eleventh over.

And with the last ball of the same over, Khan took out Andrew Flintoff with one that pitched outside leg stump and hit him on the knee roll in front of middle – harsh call from the umpire, but the Indian took it, as England slumped 38/4.

Eventually, Zaheer’s spell turned out to be a match-winning one as India took the lead in the series with a victory margin of 158 runs. Fine spell indeed!