Irfan Pathan must be given a long rope: Akram
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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