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Irfan Pathan must be given a long rope: Akram

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Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram lauded the Indian selectors' decision to pick Irfan Pathan for the ongoing tour of Sri Lanka and said the Baroda speedster is the best choice to fill the all-rounde

Don't want to be someone who just plays and goes home: Irfan Pathan

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Irfan Pathan hates the idea of being another run-of-the-mill cricketer who is just happy about plying his trade day in and day out without making a mark.

"I look at my career as someone who should be

Meet the player: Irfan Pathan

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Nickname: Guddu, Irfu

Best memories on a cricket field: There are four — getting a Test cap against Australia in Adelaide, scalping my first Test wicket, taking a hat-trick against Pakistan and being

Irfan Pathan chasing the great Test dream

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Pacer or all-rounder? It is a question that has hung around Irfan Pathan’s neck all his career, and one that threatened to ruin it. Losing his place in the national side in 2006, Irfan endured a fair

Irfan keen to take the spot of medium-pace bowling allrounder

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Irfan Pathan on Friday said he is keen to fill in the position of the medium-pace bowling allrounder in the Indian team that skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni craves for all too often.

Dhoni has often rue

Australian tri-series is crucial for me: Irfan Pathan

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When Irfan Pathan made his debut in 2003-04, he impressed against a near-unbeatable Australian side in both forms of the game Down Under.

Eight years later, Australia no longer have that aura of invi

Mithun replaces injured Praveen in Australia-bound Test squad

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Young right-arm fast bowler Abhimanyu Mithun on Monday replaced injured Praveen Kumar in India's Test squad for the upcoming four-match away series against Australia.

Mithun, who has played four Test

Will selectors gamble on in-form Irfan Pathan?

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With Praveen Kumar out of action for the next five to six weeks with a rib injury, the national selectors will assemble here on Monday to pick his replacement in the 17-man strong Indian squad for the

Pathan Power

Feb. 8: A few years ago when Irfan Pathan’s batting stock was rising, the curly-haired lad stunned many in the cricketing circles by claiming that his elder brother had far better skills with the long

Pathan rattles Proteas

Jan. 23: He attempted the unthinkable — to save his side from falling off a rapidly-crumbling cliff face. But in the end, the disintegration was far too quick and his rope far too thin. Coming in at N

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

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