Former Indian fast bowler Zaheer Khan is counted among the greatest bowlers of his day. The Indian team had won the 2011 World Cup. Zaheer Khan took the most wickets for India in that tournament. Apart from this, Zaheer Khan played in IPL for teams like Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals in addition to Royal Challengers Bangalore. But did you know that Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma’s test record is exactly the same? Yes… Both Indian fast bowlers have the same Test record.
Statistics show that Zaheer Khan took 311 wickets for India in test matches. At the same time, Ishant Sharma also has 311 wickets in Test matches. Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma took 104-104 even wickets in Test matches on Indian soil. Not just here… Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma hunted down 207-207 equal victims on foreign soil in Test matches. Not only this… Zaheer Khan did the feat of taking 5 wickets in an innings 11 times in test matches. So, Ishant Sharma has also done the feat of taking 5 wickets in an innings 11 times in test matches.
Zaheer Khan has done the feat of taking 10 wickets once in a Test match. At the same time, Ishant Sharma also sacked 10 players once in a test match. However, at the moment Ishant Sharma is a part of the Indian Test team. The Indian team is currently on the West Indies tour. On this tour, under the leadership of Rohit Sharma, the Indian team played 2 test matches with the West Indies hosts, but Ishant Sharma did not make the Indian team. However, Ishant Sharma has been playing test matches continuously for India. Also, he is a part of Delhi Capitals in IPL. Apart from this, he was seen in the comment box in the past.