Cricket Special Report: Indian cricketer, Irfan Pathan
Cricket is a religion in India and for them their cricket players are Gods. Irfan Pathan is a cricketer from India and he is also one of the bowling Gods. Irfan Pathan is from a very religious family and his father never wanted him to pursue cricket as a
career. He kept on playing cricket and eventually reached glory in the game. His younger brother Yusuf Pathan also followed the footsteps of his brother and also plays for the Indian national team. Irfan Pathan who is a left hand pace bowler is highly inspired
by the living legend Wasim Akram and considers his time with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wasim-Akram-c96292 in the nets as the best of his life.
Irfan Pathan was born on 24th October in Gujrat India. He considered the cricket ball as his magic wand. His father on the other hand was a head imam at a local mosque. Irfan Pathan’s father wanted his son to study hard and join an office in the
government. Irfan Pathan had other plans and he kept on chasing his dream. His efforts paid off and he was selected in the Indian national team. He played his first test match in late 2003 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in the Border-Gavasker trophy. He got his first wicket
in the third over of his career. Although Pathan was drafted in the side as a left hand pacer, his batting abilities were realized by the Australian coach Greg Chappell. Greg Chappell worked on the batting of Irfan Pathan and turned him into an explosive batsman.
He proved to be a good learner and later in his career played a lot of important knocks for his team. He even scored a test century against the arch rivals http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 was able
to save the match. Irfan Pathan has also scored six fifties in the classic format of the game and has fell victim to nervous 90’s twice. Over all in his test career till now Irfan Pathan has taken 100 wickets and scored a little over a thousand runs.
Like his test debut, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Irfan-Pathan-c1601 played his inaugural one day international against the touring Australian side in early 2004. Irfan Pathan’s performance was not something he hoped for. He did manage to improve later on and registered his permanent place
in the side. With his control over the swing and the variety in the attack, he was able to produce some magical moments in Indian cricket history. Irfan Pathan has taken 152 wickets in his one day international career. He built up on the reputation of taking
wickets at the start of the innings. He also played some quick knocks. Irfan Pathan is known for hitting the ball a long distance. On different occasions, Irfan Pathan batted up the order and raised the tempo of the Indian innings. Irfan Pathan scored 1368
runs with the aid of five half centuries.
Irfan Pathan’s career has suffered a lot due to a number of injuries. His injuries affected his form and it also kept him out of the game for a long time. Irfan Pathan did play a total of 16 twenty 20 matches but his injuries just caught up on him. He considers
his match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 as his best twenty 20 match. The match was played on February 10th 2009. In the match, the Pathan brothers took the Indian side towards victory.
All the cricket fans in India and around the world want to see this player back in action and add some strength to the Indian side.
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