New Delhi: Former Indian fast bowler Zaheer Khan celebrated his 41st birthday Monday with wishes pouring in from his former teammates and his fans. Among the well-wishers was Hardik Pandya, who in his birthday post tweeted a video of him hitting a six off the bowling Zaheer Khan.
His tweet has not gone well with Zaheer’s fans who directly attacked Pandya and spoke of Zaheer’s achievements.
The India all-rounder captioned the video: “Happy birthday Zak … Hope you smash it out of the park like I did here.” Soon the comments section was flooded by angry fans who slammed Hardik Pandya for being “disrespectful” and showing no “class”.
Happy birthday Zak … Hope you smash it out of the park like I did here 🤪😂❤️❤️ @ImZaheer pic.twitter.com/XghW5UHlBy
— hardik pandya (@hardikpandya7) October 7, 2019
Former teammates like VVS Laxman and Shikhar Dhawan tweeted their birthday greetings for the left-arm pacer. “Happy Birthday @ImZaheer. Wishing you a wonderful day and the most amazing year Zak,” Laxman tweeted, referring to Zaheer Khan by his popular nickname.
“Happy birthday Zak Bhai! Have a fabulous year ahead with loads of happiness and good luck,” Dhawan wrote on the micro-blogging site.
He made his debut for India in an ODI against Kenya in Nairobi in October, 2000. He made his Test debut a month later. Since then, he went on to establish himself as one of India’s best ever left-arm pacers. Zaheer Khan was notorious for his ability to swing the ball.
Zaheer Khan played in 92 Tests and 200 ODIs for India and picked up 311 and 282 wickets respectively in the two formats.