Zaheer Khan has dismissed Graeme Smith 13 times in 25 meetings across formats. Zaheer has always enjoyed bowling to left-handers and has particularly troubled former South African captain Graeme Smith. Zaheer Khan has troubled some of the best left-handed batsmen in the business and accounted for their wickets many times. But, Graeme Smith leads the list with 13 dismissals in 25 matches. In his long playing career, Graeme Smith was never able to get better off Zaher Khan as the left-arm swinger always had the upper-hand in this battle between two world-class cricketers.
The video shared below is a good compilation of the ‘one-sided’ battle between Zaheer Khan and Graeme Smith.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzLjja3Obck
The most fascinating part of this battle is that six out of the 13 dismissals came during the 2006-07 series and then he got Smith out six more times in 2010 and 2011 respectively, when the two sides toured each other’s territories. Here is the break up of Graeme Smith’s dismissals against Zaheer Khan:
| Mode of Dismissal | No of Times Dismissed |
| Bowled | 3 |
| Caught | 6 |
| Leg-Before | 4 |
| Total | 13 |
