Former India pacer Zaheer Khan on Monday carried out a specialised red-ball camp for the high-performance monitoring group on the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence (CoE) right here.
Aimed toward honing expertise for high-performance, involving pacers from India A and U-19 setups, the three-day camp additionally focussed on technical talent, psychological resilience, and Check-format readiness.
“The BCCI CoE had the privilege of extending the knowledge of among the finest quick bowlers Mr. Zaheer Khan to the pacers from the excessive efficiency monitoring group,” the BCCI wrote on its X deal with.
“With this camp laying emphasis on pink ball bowling, these gamers labored carefully with the stalwart on technical expertise and likewise heard first hand from him on creating different sides which are required to achieve success in what is maybe probably the most demanding self-discipline in cricket,” added BCCI.
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Initiated by CoE’s Head of Cricket VVS Laxman, the camp is a part of a broader technique to contain legends in grooming “focused gamers” – rising prospects from India A and U-19 setups recognized as future senior worldwide roles.
Individuals included a batch of quick bowlers from numerous state associations and high-performance monitoring teams who’re at the moment on the nationwide selectors’ radar.
This initiative comes amid a necessity for a full-time fast-bowling coach on the CoE after Troy Cooley’s tenure resulted in December 2025.
Zaheer was a part of the Indian group that received the 2002 Champions Trophy collectively with Sri Lanka and the 2011 ODI World Cup.
In 303 worldwide matches for India, Zaheer has taken 597 wickets, together with 311 in Checks and 269 scalps in ODIs.
He was additionally the joint highest wicket-taker within the 2011 World Cup with 21 wickets in 9 matches at a median of 18.76.
Printed on Mar 02, 2026