reminds me of Imran Khan. His bowling style and especially the jump looks quite similar to Imran Khan.
I think he would be a good bowler too in the long run for India.
Please, he has bowled 3 good matches and you are ready to make him Michael Jordan of bowling. 
Astaghfirullah and Nauzbillah! Khansaab, if you were in Saudi Arabia I would have had you stoned to death for this heresy.
Lahawlawallaquwwattaillahbillah. I'll pretend I never heard that.
On a more serious note, yaar are you kidding me?
No one is comapring.Statement says he CAN be.
he has the potential.And he hasnt bowled great in only 3 matches.he has 100 wickets in 65 matches which is fatsest 100 by any Indian.
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fatsest 100 **by any Indian.*
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that says it all to me.
Time will prove and if Zaheer has what it takes he will match and surpass Imrahn. But I hope he aspires to be as accurate and consistent as a Glen McGrath. Imrahn was good but too flamboyant. That's not what India needs.
Is it a sin to bowl with a style of a legend?
That is all what Khan Sahib has said. He never mentioned Zaheer to ever being better than Imran, or comming close. All he claimed was the action of bowling.
Are bowler's copyrighting their actions now?
hold ur horses sir.
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Astaghfirullah and Nauzbillah! Khansaab, if you were in Saudi Arabia I would have had you stoned to death for this heresy.
Lahawlawallaquwwattaillahbillah. I'll pretend I never heard that.
On a more serious note, yaar are you kidding me?
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haha.. xactly
kahan imran khan saha baur kahan yeh do takkey ka bowler:p
Imran was quite good but hardly in the class of the truly greats. Don't get me wrong, I know a lot of people idolize Imran but do seriously think he will be as good as a McGrath? That's why Zaheer should aspire for McGrath like pace, line, intelligence and consistency.
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Imran was quite good but hardly in the class of the truly greats. Don't get me wrong, I know a lot of people idolize Imran but do seriously think he will be as good as a McGrath? That's why Zaheer should aspire for McGrath like pace, line, intelligence and consistency.
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Maybe you didnt see Imran bowling at his peak, I did, he was sheer poetry, a terror for the opposition batsmen during his peak days. Just before he got injured and went out of the game for 2 years he took 80 test wickets during that year and his last series before that injury was against India in Pakistan. He terrorized the Indian batsmen which also included the great Gavaskar who remarked that a wall should be built between the batsmen and Imran to save the batsmen.
That is how great he was.
As for Zaheer he is very good but still no where near Imran or Mcgrath. Heck he is not even as good as Srinath who I rate as the best Indian bowler.
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Well first thing i notice out here is that everyone responds to the topic emotionally..did you guys saw what the person wrote..?? he asking comparing the action of imran with zaheer( whic i don't agree) and hoping that he turns out good for India..
So i don't think you guys have to freak out..he's taking the wickets and doing the job for India, so gotta give the credit...the only time i saw imran bowl was '92 world cup( whic wasn't the peak time of him) and he off course was an average bowler by that time.. so i can't say anything abt him..but Zaheer he's going fine.he gives runs but takes wickets..that's wht u do when u r a agressive bowler. The one thing which is making the difference is the phsio and the physical trainer of the indian team..
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Some people just have tendeny to take discussion in a ditch.
Same something and they infer something else.
Nobody in his right mind will ever compare Imran with Zaheer.
Guy was saying that his action is like Imran and if he thinks so then its ok for him.
Yeah Imran khan with an achilles tendon injury
Ehsan, hope you didn't take what I wrote as a slight on Imran. My main point is that Zaheer should aspire to be like Mcgrath (consistency). I do not imply he is there yet.
I am also not used to having Indian "pace" bowlers which is a recent thing.
it is wrong to compare a newcomer like zaheer to legends like imran and mcgrath.
nobody starts as one among the greats. warne started miserably. mcgrath's initial years too were not what they now r.
zaheer still has a long career ahead of him and ample opportunity to make a place for himself among the greats. just give the fellow some time. it is no secret that he still has a long way to go before he can even be compared to the greats. but one cannot just write off someone. that would be doing grave injustice.
Munna.
Munnabhai! http://www.gupistan.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=96056#post1407687
GRRRR! :smack: I am not comparing ! Just saying for a goal to shoot for, McGrath is a better one for Zaheer than Imtan is.
You guys are discussin on the wrong lines. First of all there are obviuos dissimilarities between imran's action and Zaheer's one.
1) Imran's run up was more bent then Zaheer and zaheer has more straigthtish run up.
2) Imran used to deliever the ball more side-on. Zaheer bowls with slightly open-chseted one then Imran.
3) Imran used to take his hand to his back more then Zaheer does.
The ONLY similarity between thier actionsis that they both Jump while delievering the ball. SO what, Brett Lee, Gillespie etc jumps too... DO they remind us of Imran, why not?? They are even right hand bowlers unlike Zaheer and like Imran? The Answer is simple 'no'
P.S Im not comparing Imran, zaheer as bowlers. I m just saying that comparing thier bowling actions is slightly far-fetched.
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You guys are discussin on the wrong lines. First of all there are obviuos dissimilarities between imran's action and Zaheer's one.
1) Imran's run up was more bent then Zaheer and zaheer has more straigthtish run up.
2) Imran used to deliever the ball more side-on. Zaheer bowls with slightly open-chseted one then Imran.
3) Imran used to take his hand to his back more then Zaheer does.
The ONLY similarity between thier actionsis that they both Jump while delievering the ball. SO what, Brett Lee, Gillespie etc jumps too... DO they remind us of Imran, why not?? They are even right hand bowlers unlike Zaheer and like Imran? The Answer is simple 'no'
P.S Im not comparing Imran, zaheer as bowlers. I m just saying that comparing thier bowling actions is slightly far-fetched.
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I totaly agree.Only similarity I see is both jump while delivering and both share common last name. :)