Oustered Indian pacer Irfan Pathan claims to have found his lost form – Cricket News Update
The left-arm Indian medium-fast bowler, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Irfan-Khan-Pathan-c64469, has claimed that he has gained his form back and wants to make a strong comeback in International cricket.
While talking to media, Pathan said, "I have bowled badly for three years, but now I have got my old rhythm back and hope to hold on to it and control it properly."
The Indian pacer said that he found his lost form during the recent season of the Indian Premier League. The left-arm bowler has played 56 IPL matches so far, from 2008 to 2011.
Earlier, he was part of the Kings XI http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833 team but this time around he was playing for the Delhi Daredevils. In 56 matches, he took 58 wickets, setting his best bowling figures at 3 for 24.
The 26-year-old player shared that he was not in great touch since the last three years but now he has learnt a lot and wants to prove his mettle, representing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 Daredevils bowler, Pathan, has not played a One-Day-International match since February 2009. In the start of his career, the player was in great touch during the 2004 – 2005 seasons.
"This rhythm is like I had in 2004-05," shared Pathan, who made his debut against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in 2003.
Pathan added. "I have got my rhythm back after half of the IPL (Indian Premier League) season this year."
The left-armer played his last Test match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 in 2008, at Ahmedabad. The player started his Test career in 2003 against Australia at Adelaide and has played 29 Test matches so far, scoring 1105 runs, including 1 great hundred and 6 half-centuries.
In the bowling side, he has taken 100 wickets in 29 Test matches by setting his average at 32.26. In the Test format, he has taken 7, 5-wicket hauls and 2, 4-wicket ones.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Irfan-c64444 made his ODI debut against Australia at Melbourne in 2004, and has played 107 ODIs with a total score of 1368, setting his average at 22.80. He also has 152 wickets to his name in the limited overs format.
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