The left-arm paceman said the tour of Pakistan would provide him the opportunity to try out his remodelled bowling action for the first time in the international arena but believed his fine run in recent domestic matches would stand him in good stead.

"I have reduced my run up... This tour will be the first international stage when I will be bowling with the new style. I am a bit anxious and nervous but I hope it should be okay," Zaheer told PTI over phone.

Zaheer said the time out of the national team provided him the opportunity to work on his bowling which he had wanted to do for long but did not have the time because of hectic international schedule.

"My aim was to utilise time to work on my skills. I needed to bowl lot of overs because I was trying a few new things," said Zaheer, who was dropped from the team for the home series against Sri Lanka and South Africa.

"Even when I was working with the MRF Pace Foundation when I was going through the injuries, I wanted to cut down my run up and try a few things, but there was no time."