CALLING IT QUITS
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Irfan Pathan announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, on January 4 (Saturday). The left-arm pacer played (Tests,) ********************************************** ODIs and ************************************************ (T) ******************************************** Is for India, picking a total of international wickets.
having made his debut as a – – year-old, in Adelaide against Australia in December (***************************************, he returned 1 for 272 – with Matthew Hayden being his maiden international victim. However, he quickly rose to become a regular across formats in the Indian setup following an impressive show on the tour of Pakistan in (************************************, and remained a vital cog in the mid – s.
********** Some of his best moments as a bowler came against Pakistan – a first-over Test hat-trick in 2008, a man of the match performance in the (World T)final, among many others.
He was also one of the finest all-rounders India have produced, and has been promoted as an opener or a No 3 a few times for the team’s cause. In 35 Tests, he averaged (********************************************************. with the bat, including a century and six fifties in 90 innings. In ODIs and T Is, he averaged (************************************************************. ************************************************** and (**********************************************************. 90 respectively. One of his best all-round performances came against Australia in Perth, where he won the Man of the Match in India’s historic victory during the – 24 tour.
However, with his speed dropping and swing not being potent in the latter half of 2000 s, he found it difficult to make a place for himself in the side on a regular basis. He played his last Test against South Africa in (**********************************. He kept getting his chances in limited overs but struggled to make best use of it. In 2012, he played his last ODI as well as T 20 Thereafter, his performances took a dip even in domestic cricket. He finishes with first-class wickets, 384 in List A and (in T) ********************************************************* s. Hailing from Baroda, and having played most of his cricket for BCA, he shifted base to Jammu & Kashmir as a professional last season.
The
– year-old played his last IPL game in and went unpicked in the three auctions that followed.
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