Irfan Pathan calls it a day

Champion bowler and a fighter on the field

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-Last played for India in Oct 2012

-29 Tests (1,105 runs and 100 wickets)

-120 ODIs (1,544 runs and 173 wickets)

-24 T20 Internationals (172 runs & 28 wickets)

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-Irfan Pathan, 35, on Saturday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, ending an injury-ridden career that prevented him from realising his true potential.

-He last played a competitive game in February 2019 during Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for J&K

– A non-playing mentor to the J&K outfit, Irfan had not been playing over the past 12 months

-He did not even put himself in the IPL auction pool last month

-The left-arm seamer made his India debut against Australia at the Adelaide Oval in 2003. He was all of 19 then.

-His natural ability to swing the ball into the right-handers got him instant success, drawing comparisons with Kapil Dev

-He was also part of the victorious Indian team at the 2007 World Twenty20 and the man-of-the-match in the final against Pakistan.

-On the tour of Pakistan in 2006 he became the second Indian after Harbhajan Singh to take a Test hat-trick, removing Salman Butt, Younis Khan and Mohammad Yusuf in the first over. PTI