Irfan Pathan

Irfan Pathan

India

Full name Irfan Khan Pathan
Born October 27, 1984, Baroda, Gujarat
Current age 22 years 124 days
Major teams India, Baroda, Middlesex
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm medium-fast


Statsguru

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	25	32	2	835	93	27.83	1671	49.97	0	6	99	13	8	0
ODIs	73	54	14	1006	83	25.15	1256	80.09	0	5	99	25	12	0
Twenty20 Int.	1	0	0	0	0	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
First-class	64	83	18	1812	111*	27.87			1	10			20	0
List A	105	75	20	1234	83	22.43	1565	78.84	0	6			19	0
Twenty20	8	4	1	37	21*	12.33	20	185.00	0	0			0	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Tests	25	5078	2802	91	7/59	12/126	30.79	3.31	55.80	2	7	2
ODIs	73	3555	2980	115	5/27	5/27	25.91	5.02	30.91	3	1	0
Twenty20 Int.	1	24	30	0	-	-	-	7.50	-	0	0	0
First-class	64	12200	6559	209	7/59		31.38	3.22	58.37		10	3
List A	105	5163	4243	162	5/27	5/27	26.19	4.93	31.87	5	1	0
Twenty20	8	168	183	12	4/27	4/27	15.25	6.53	14.00	1	0	0

Career statistics
Test debut	Australia v India at Adelaide - Dec 12-16, 2003
Last Test	West Indies v India at Gros Islet - Jun 10-14, 2006
ODI debut	Australia v India at Melbourne - Jan 9, 2004
Last ODI	India v West Indies at Vadodara - Jan 31, 2007
Only Twenty20 Int.	South Africa v India at Johannesburg - Dec 1, 2006
First-class span	2000/01 - 2006/07
List A span	2001/02 - 2006/07
Twenty20 span	2005 - 2006/07

Notes

ICC Emerging Player of the Year 2004

Profile

Irfan Khan Pathan was considered by many, with reason, as the most talented swing and seam bowler to emerge from India since Kapil Dev. Within a couple of years in international cricket, he was thought of as a possible successor for Kapil in the allround department. When he made his Test debut in Australia in 2003-04, it was with the energy of a 19-year-old, but a composed nous that was striking even for one who had been specifically readied for the purpose via the A-team and age-group channels. His instinct is not merely what to bowl to who and when, but also to keep learning new tricks. He played a big part in India's one-day and the Test series wins on their revival tour of Pakistan. His batting soon took off and he was regularly pushed up the order - his first stint at No.3 resulted in a spectacular 83 against Sri Lanka at Nagpur - and he often bailed India out of strife in the Test arena as well. His bowling form, though, nosedived in 2006, and he struggled to make it to both the Test and ODI teams when the year ended, becoming the first Indian player to be sent back from a tour (South Africa) to concentrate on domestic cricket.