- Zaheer Khan – 61 wickets:
Playing against the top teams often got the best out of Zaheer Khan, and Australia was at the receiving end of Zaheer’s class on numerous occasions. The left-arm pacer enjoyed bowling to the Kangaroos, with 61 wickets in 19 games at a bowling average of 35.59. In those 19 games, Zaheer managed three five-wicket hauls, the last of which came in a match winning cause at Mohali.
Zaheer could have easily added more to his 61 wickets had injuries not come in his way, since he missed two complete tours of Australia after playing just the series opener in 2003/04 and 2007/08. Fair to say, with Zaheer in his absolute prime in those years, the numbers would have stacked up a remarkable figure indeed.