Pakistan in the 90s was harvesting a lot of young fast bowlers under the influence of the great Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis. These two players ignited the dream of becoming a fast bowler in the eyes of many kids in Pakistan. Mohammad Zahid was one of them.
Zahid was the first genuine fast and furious Pakistan pace bowler in the 90s. Waqar had pace, Wasim had one but Mohammad Zahid was exceptional. He was young and eager to do a lot in international cricket and he did manage to get a lot of success.
Zahid took 11 wicket sin his test debut and was ranked as one of the most lethal fast bowlers at that time in cricket. Zahid later went to Canada as part of the Pakistan team to play the Sahara cup against arch rivals India.
In one of the games he played, he Yorked the wall of India Rahul Dravid. Shoaib did the same a few years later but many of the cricket fans don’t know it was Zahid who nailed down Dravid on a beauty first up.
It was a tour crusher and Dravid did his best to defend the ball with his bat yet failed to do so. The ball went under his bat and hit the bottom of the off stump and made it fall like a dead leaf.
It was a classic piece of fast bowling from Zahid who could not prolong his international career due to injuries. But he remained one of the fastest from Pakistan.
