My fitness held me back: Zaheer Khan

Indian pace bowler Zaheer Khan has admitted that his fitness has been letting him down in recent times. He believes that in order to earn a place in the national team, he has to regain his fitness.  

“Everybody wants to represent the country. If I am fit and can meet the demands, things should fall in place,” Zaheer told DNA.

Zaheer was dropped from the test team during the home series against England in December and played his last One Day International in October 2012.

Zaheer was forced to pull out from domestic tournaments as well after picking up a calf injury, but later returned in the final stages of IPL.

“My fitness has let me down and I have been working on it. My next big test would be the domestic season, the Ranji Trophy. I want to get back into the Indian team”, said the pacer.

Zaheer returned from his fitness training stint in France on Saturday along with fellow teammate Yuvraj Singh.