Profile
When Irfan Pathan first made his entry into the international arena, he was regarded as the best swing bowler to have played for India since Kapil Dev. He came to the national side straight from the Under-19 arena and proved the selectors right with spirited performances.As a bowler, Pathan concentrates not only on swing but also is game to keep learning new tricks. He manages to swing the new ball as well as the old ball. The Baroda born talent had done quite a bit with the willow as well. Within a couple of years in international cricket, he was considered as India’s answer to the drought of all-rounder. But the successful initial years were followed by a few flop series in 2005, which saw the left-hander being dropped from the India squad. Pathan was recalled to the Indian team for World Twenty20 in 2007, and he did not disappoint as he clinched 10 wickets at an impressive average of 14.90.
Statistics
Show:
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Runs |
NO |
Avg. |
SR |
100's |
50's |
| Test |
29 |
40 |
1105 |
5 |
31.57 |
53.23 |
1 |
6 |
| ODI |
107 |
78 |
1368 |
18 |
22.8 |
77.68 |
0 |
5 |
| T20 |
16 |
12 |
133 |
7 |
26.6 |
125.47 |
0 |
0 |
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Balls |
Runs |
Wickets |
BBI |
BBM |
Avg. |
Econ. |
4w |
5w |
10w |
Extras |
| Test |
29 |
54 |
5884 |
3226 |
100 |
7/59 |
/ |
32.26 |
3.29 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
88 |
| ODI |
107 |
105 |
5194 |
4547 |
152 |
5/27 |
/ |
29.91 |
5.25 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
214 |
| T20 |
16 |
15 |
306 |
395 |
16 |
3/16 |
/ |
24.69 |
7.75 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
43 |
| |
Catches |
Stumpings |
Runouts |
| Test |
8 |
0 |
1 |
| ODI |
18 |
0 |
3 |
| T20 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Career
Span:
- Test:
- 2003-2008
- ODI:
- 2004-2009
- T20:
- 2006-2009
- Test
-
- Debut:
- India Vs Australia at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide - South Australia - Dec 12, 2003
- Last played:
- India Vs South Africa at Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, Motera - Ahmedabad - Apr 03, 2008
- ODI
-
- Debut:
- India Vs Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Melbourne - Victoria - Jan 09, 2004
- Last played:
- India Vs Sri Lanka at R.Premadasa Stadium (Khettarama), Colombo - Feb 08, 2009
- T20
-
- Debut:
- India Vs South Africa at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg - Dec 01, 2006
- Last played:
- India Vs West Indies at Lord's, London - Jun 12, 2009
