Former India fast bowler Zaheer Khan conducted a special red-ball camp for the High Performance Monitoring Group at the BCCI Center of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru on Monday. Aimed at honing skills for high performance, the three-day camp involved fast bowlers from the India A and Under-19 setups, which also focused on technical skills, mental flexibility and Test-format preparation.
BCCI wrote on its X handle, “BCCI CoE had the privilege of imparting the wisdom of one of the best fast bowlers, Mr. Zaheer Khan to the fast bowlers of the High Performance Monitoring Group.
” BCCI CoE had the privilege of imparting the wisdom of one of the best fast bowlers, Mr. Zaheer Khan to the fast bowlers of the High Performance Monitoring Group.
🙌 With an emphasis on red-ball bowling in this camp, these players worked closely with stalwarts in the technical field… pic. twitter.
com/6NuPfFhqvK – BCCI (@BCCI) March 2, 2026 “With an emphasis on red-ball bowling in this camp, these players worked closely with stalwarts on technical skills and also heard first-hand from them about developing other aspects that are needed to succeed in perhaps the most demanding discipline in cricket. ” are necessary,” he said.
Camp. Launched by CoE cricket chief VVS Laxman, the camp is part of a broader strategy to involve veterans in grooming “target players” – emerging prospects from the India A and Under-19 setups identified for senior international roles in the future.
The participants included a group of fast bowlers from various state associations and high performance monitoring groups who are currently on the radar of the national selectors. The move comes amid the need for a full-time fast bowling coach at the CoE after Troy Cooley’s tenure ends in December 2025. Zaheer was part of the Indian team that jointly won the 2002 Champions Trophy and 2011 ODI World Cup with Sri Lanka.
Zaheer has taken 597 wickets in 303 international matches for India, which includes 311 wickets in Tests and 269 wickets in ODIs. He was also the joint-highest wicket-taker in the 2011 World Cup with 21 wickets in nine matches at an average of 18.
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