Irfan Pathan

Indian cricketer

Irfan Khan Pathan is an Indian cricketer from Gujarat. He is a left arm fast bowler and left handed batsman.[1] He started with the India national cricket team in the Border–Gavaskar Trophy. Pathan was the first person to take a hat-trick in the first over. He did this achievement against Pakistan at Karachi.

Irfan Pathan
Personal information
Full nameIrfan Khan Pathan
Born (1984-10-27) October 27, 1984 (age 39)
Vadodara, Gujarat, India
NicknameGuddu
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium fast
RoleAll-rounder
RelationsYusuf Pathan (brother) Safa Baig (wife)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 248)12 December 2003 v Australia
Last Test5 April 2008 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 153)9 January 2004 v Australia
Last ODI4 August 2012 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.56
T20I debut (cap 7)1 December 2006 v South Africa
Last T20I2 October 2012 v South Africa
T20I shirt no.56
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2000–2017Baroda
2005Middlesex
2008–2010Kings XI Punjab
2011–2013Delhi Daredevils (squad no. 56)
2014Sunrisers Hyderabad (squad no. 56)
2015Chennai Super Kings (squad no. 56)
2016Rising Pune Supergiants (squad no. 28)
2017Gujarat Lions (squad no. 56)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 29 120 24 122
Runs scored 1,105 1,544 172 4,559
Batting average 31.89 23.39 24.57 30.39
100s/50s 1/7 0/5 0/0 3/26
Top score 102 83 33* 121
Balls bowled 5,884 5,855 462 21,034
Wickets 100 173 28 384
Bowling average 32.26 29.72 22.07 28.33
5 wickets in innings 7 2 0 19
10 wickets in match 2 0 0 3
Best bowling 7/59 5/27 3/16 7/35
Catches/stumpings 8/– 21/– 2/– 30/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 January 2019

Irfan Pathan was born on 27 October 1984 in what is now Vadodara. His older brother is Yusuf Pathan. He is also a cricketer who played for the National Team of India.

Irfan's top score in Test cricket: 102 out. Total wicket:100. ODI Top Score:83 out. Total wicket:173. [2]

Reference change

  1. "Irfan Pathan". Cricinfo.
  2. "India Cricket Team Records & Stats - ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo.