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'''Irfan Pathan''' ({{audio|Irfan_Pathan.ogg|pronunciation}}; born 27 October 1984) is
Beginning his career as a fast-medium swing and seam bowler, Pathan broke into the national team soon after turning 19, and evoked comparisons with Pakistan's [[Wasim Akram]] with his promising performances and prodigious swing
</ref> (vs [[Pakistan]] at [[Karachi]]). However, the productive run did not last and after the start of 2006, Pathan began to steadily lose pace and swing, and his wicket-taking dwindled. Although Pathan's batting continued to be productive, he was not regarded as a specialist and was dropped from the team in both Tests and ODIs by the end of 2006, and by 2007 was no longer in the squad until his return in the [[2007 World Twenty20]].
Irfan Pathan, along with players such as [[Vinod Kambli]] and [[Laxman Sivaramakrishnan]], was included in the list of "India's lost boys" by [[Shashi Tharoor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/495687.html|title=Shashi Tharoor|work=ESPNcricinfo|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114184123/http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/495687.html|archive-date=14 November 2012}}</ref>
He cemented his position in the team and was named by the [[International Cricket Council]] as the 2004 [[ICC Men's Emerging Cricketer of the Year|ICC Men's Emerging Player of the Year]]. Pathan was instrumental in India's
Immediately thereafter, Australian [[Greg Chappell]], one of the leading batsmen of his time, became India's coach (2005) and identified Pathan's batting potential. Pathan improved his batting skills and tried to become a complete bowling all-rounder, and he opened the batting on occasions in ODIs and scored 93 in a Test match (10 Dec 2005, versus Sri Lanka in Delhi) in the role after an illness to [[Virender Sehwag]]. He made three scores beyond 80 in the space of four Test innings against Sri Lanka and Pakistan. For the first nine months of Chappell's stint at the helm, Pathan performed strongly with both bat and ball, scoring runs regularly and frequently taking top-order wickets. He rose to No. 2 in the ICC's ODI rankings for all-rounders and was also in the top five in the Test rankings. This led critics to compare him to former Indian pace bowling allrounder [[Kapil Dev]].<ref name="long">{{cite news|first= Rahul|last=Bhattacharya|title = Irfan Pathan's excellent adventure| url=http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/141301.html|date = 31 May 2004|access-date = 22 December 2006|publisher=
He returned to international cricket in September 2007 for the inaugural [[World Twenty20]], where he took three wickets and was man of the match as India beat Pakistan in the final. Pathan became the first Indian bowler on [[ICC Men's T20 World Cup|T20 World Cup]] debut who picked up a wicket on the
He was a contestant in the dance reality show ''[[Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa]]'' in 2015. Irfan Pathan made his acting debut in the 2022 Indian film ''[[Cobra (2022 film)|Cobra]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/irfan-pathan-harbhajan-singh-to-make-kollywood-entries-with-vikram-58-and-dikkiloona-respectively/article29682012.ece|title=Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh to make Kollywood entries with 'Vikram 58' and 'Dikkiloona' respectively|date=14 October 2019|work=The Hindu|access-date=16 October 2019|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
==Background and personal life==
Pathan was born 27 October 1984 in [[Baroda]], Gujarat, India and is of [[Pashtun people|Pashtun]] ([[Pathans in India|Pathan]]) ancestry, belonging to the [[Pathans of Gujarat|Pathan community in Gujarat]].<ref name="Alikuzai2013">{{cite book|last=Alikuzai|first=Hamid Wahed|title=A Concise History of Afghanistan in 25 Volumes|date=October 2013|publisher=Trafford Publishing|isbn=9781490714417|page=607|quote=Cricket is largely a legacy of British rule in Pakistan and India, and many Pashtuns have become prominent participants, such as Shahid Afridi, Imran Khan and Irfan Pathan.}}</ref> He grew up with his elder [[brother]] [[Yusuf Pathan|Yusuf]]<!-- Do not change this. Media are often lazy and don't bother to put in the "half part". Father remarried after YKP's mother died early --> in a mosque in [[Vadodara]], in an impoverished family. His father served as the [[muezzin]]. Although their parents wished them to become Islamic scholars, Pathan and his brother took an interest in cricket. In the beginning his deliveries did not reach the other end of the [[cricket pitch]], but rigorous six-hour training sessions in blazing heat and his family's sense of discipline saw him progress steadily.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}▼
▲Pathan was born 27 October 1984 in [[Baroda]], Gujarat, India and is of [[Pashtun people|Pashtun]] (Pathan) ancestry, belonging to the [[Pathans of Gujarat|Pathan community in Gujarat]].<ref name="Alikuzai2013">{{cite book|last=Alikuzai|first=Hamid Wahed|title=A Concise History of Afghanistan in 25 Volumes|date=October 2013|publisher=Trafford Publishing|isbn=9781490714417|page=607|quote=Cricket is largely a legacy of British rule in Pakistan and India, and many Pashtuns have become prominent participants, such as Shahid Afridi, Imran Khan and Irfan Pathan.}}</ref> He grew up with his elder [[brother]] [[Yusuf Pathan|Yusuf]]<!-- Do not change this. Media are often lazy and don't bother to put in the "half part". Father remarried after YKP's mother died early --> in a mosque in [[Vadodara]], in an impoverished family. His father served as the [[muezzin]]. Although their parents wished them to become Islamic scholars, Pathan and his brother took an interest in cricket. In the beginning his deliveries did not reach the other end of the [[cricket pitch]], but rigorous six-hour training sessions in blazing heat and his family's sense of discipline saw him progress steadily.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}
Pathan had a 10-year long relationship with Australia-based Shivangi Dev.<ref name="indt1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/sports/cricket/how-irfan-pathan-sacrificed-his-love-for-elder-brother-yusuf-9298.html|title=How Irfan Pathan sacrificed his love for elder brother Yusuf pathan|first=India TV News|last=Desk|date=29 October 2013|website=Indiatvnews.com}}</ref><ref name="db1">{{Cite web|url=https://mdaily.bhaskar.com/news/TOP-irfan-pathan-love-story-5448231-PHO.html|title=Irfan Pathan's Complicated Love Life that Made him Sacrifice his 10 Years of Love Affair for His Brother|date=27 October 2016|website=Mdaily,bhaskar.com}}</ref> She wanted to marry him but since Irfan wished his older brother Yusuf to get married prior, differences began to grow between the two and their relationship broke in 2012.<ref name="indt1" /><ref name="db1" /> He married a Jeddah[
==Early career==
Under the guidance of former Indian captain [[Datta Gaekwad]], Pathan rose to get selected in the Under-14 [[Baroda cricket team]], and when he was selected at Under-15 level to represent Baroda in a national tournament, he was finally presented with a full set of cricket equipment, having before been restricted to second-hand gear due to his family's limited economic means.<ref name="long"/><ref name="bbc youth">{{cite news|title = India back Pathan's potential|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/3244394.stm|first = Arjun|last = Sandhu|date = 28 November 2003|access-date = 20 December 2006|publisher
In December 1997, Pathan broke into the Baroda Under-16 team,<ref name=o>{{cite web | url=https://cricketarchive.com/cgi-bin/player_oracle_reveals_results2.cgi?playernumber=11245&opponentmatch=exact&playername=Halcombe&resulttype=All&matchtype=All&teammatch=exact&startwicket=&homeawaytype=All&opponent=&endwicket=&wicketkeeper=&searchtype=InningsList&endscore=&playermatch=contains&branding=cricketarchive&captain=&endseason=&startscore=&team=&startseason= | title=Player Oracle IK Pathan | access-date=9 December 2008 | publisher=CricketArchive | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302195135/http://www.cricketarchive.com/cgi-bin/player_oracle_reveals_results2.cgi?playernumber=11245&opponentmatch=exact&playername=Halcombe&resulttype=All&matchtype=All&teammatch=exact&startwicket=&homeawaytype=All&opponent=&endwicket=&wicketkeeper=&searchtype=InningsList&endscore=&playermatch=contains&branding=cricketarchive&captain=&endseason=&startscore=&team=&startseason= | archive-date=2 March 2010 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> less than two months after turning 13. He took a total of 1/35 and scored 1 and 11 against [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]] and was dropped immediately afterwards. He did not play again for the Under-16s for two years, and in November 1999, less than a month after turning 15, he made his next appearance, this time for Baroda Under-19s against [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]. He scored 61 and 9 and took a total of 3/41 in a victory, but was immediately dropped back to the Under-16s for the next match, and spent the rest of the 1999–2000 season there. He bowled short spells in the younger division, taking four wickets at 38.00 in six matches, averaging less than seven overs an innings. He had more success with the bat, scoring 253 runs at 31.62 including a best of 72 against [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}
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In 2003–04, he was then selected for India Emerging Players for a series of limited-overs matches against counterparts from Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Pathan took seven wickets at 11.00 in three matches, including 4/22 and 3/35 in two matches against Pakistan.<ref name=o/>
In late 2003, he was selected for the India Under-19 team to compete in an Asian youth ODI competition in Pakistan, where he was the leading bowler with 18 wickets at 7.38, with an economy rate of 3.54. This was more than twice that of the second leading wicket-taker. He was named as the player of the tournament, which India won after defeating Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the final.<ref>{{cite web|title = Asian Under-19s Tournament Bowling – Most Wickets|url = http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2003-04/OTHERS/ASIAN/STATS/ASIAN_2003_AVS_BOWL_MOST_WKTS.html|year = 2003|access-date = 20 December 2006|publisher
==Domestic career==
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The Ranji win saw Baroda qualify for the following season's [[Irani Trophy]] where they took on the Rest of India. Pathan scored 32 in the second innings and took 3/95 and 1/34 in a defeat,<ref name=o/> but his performance reminded Test batsman [[V. V. S. Laxman]] of Zaheer.<ref name=long/> However, he was omitted from the senior team and sent back to the Under-19s the next week and stayed there for the next two months, playing eight double-innings matches for Baroda. He took 20 wickets at 20.40, including a best of 6/41 against Gujarat, and scoring 190 runs at 31.66 with a best of 63 not out.<ref name=o/> Pathan was then recalled to the senior team and made his List A debut against Mumbai, taking 1/69 from nine overs. Pathan further honed his bowling at the [[MRF Pace Foundation]] in [[Chennai]], after being referred by Indian selector [[Kiran More]].<ref name="long"/>
In early 2002, he was selected for the [[2002 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup|Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand]], where he took six wickets at 27.50 and scored 30 runs at 15.00, taking 2/18 in a win over South Africa.<ref>{{cite web|title = ICC Under-19 World Cup, 2001/02 Averages|url = http://aus.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/2001-02/OTHERS+ICC/U19-WC2002/STATS/U19-WC2002_JAN-FEB2002_AVS_IND-U19.html|year = 2002|access-date = 20 December 2006|publisher
Upon returning to India, Pathan was selected in a senior zonal team for the first time. He was selected for [[West Zone cricket team|West Zone]] for the [[Duleep Trophy]], even though he had not played a single match for Baroda in the Ranji Trophy season. He immediately repaid the selectors' faith by taking 4/74 and 6/72, his first ten-wicket match haul, in the first fixture against [[Central Zone cricket team|Central Zone]], setting up a 161-run win. In the next match, he took 4/72 and 3/85 as West defeated [[North Zone cricket team|North]] by 178 runs.<ref name=o/> He only took 1/55 in the next match against [[South Zone cricket team|South]] but West were through to the final, where he took 4/43 to help cut down [[East Zone cricket team|East Zone]] for 162 in the first innings, sealing the title.<ref name=o/> In all Pathan, had taken 22 wickets at 18.22 for the tournament, and scored 46 runs at 11.50.<ref name=o/>
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In 2003 he was selected for the India A team which travelled to England. Playing in five first-class matches, Pathan took nine wickets at 43.77, including 4/60 against [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] and 3/83 against [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]].<ref name=o/> He managed only 8 runs at 4.00 with the bat. He had more success in the limited-overs matches, taking eight wickets at 11.12 in three matches, including a 4/19 against [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]], and scoring 27 runs at 27.00.<ref name=o/>
At the start of the 2003–04 season, Pathan played in the domestic [[Challenger Trophy]] for the first time. Representing India A, he had little success, taking two wickets at 79.00 at an economy rate of 5.85,<ref name=o/> and he did not force his way into India's limited-overs team.<ref name = "bbc youth"/><ref name=o/><ref>{{cite web|first = Anand|last= Vasu| title= Crunch time for India probables| url = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/133546.html|date = 11 September 2003 |access-date = 20 December 2006|publisher
In 2022, [[Bhilwara Kings]] selected him in the Legends League Cricket and gave him the captaincy and retained him for the 2023 season as well.<ref>{{cite news |title=Legends League Cricket: Bhilwara Kings retain icons Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Shane Watson for upcoming season |url=https://www.insidesport.in/sports-news/legends-league-cricket-bhilwara-kings-retain-icons-irfan-pathan-yusuf-pathan-shane-watson-for-upcoming-season/ |access-date=13 December 2023 |work=Inside Sport India |date=20 October 2023}}</ref>
==International career==
===Early years (2003–2005)===
[[File:Irfan Pathan at the Domestic Airport.jpg|alt=|left|thumb|Pathan made his Test debut in December 2003, following an injury to the Baroda left-armer [[Zaheer Khan]]]]
Pathan made his Test debut in the Second Test against [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] at the [[Adelaide Oval]] in December 2003. At the age of 19, he opened the bowling following an injury to the Baroda left-armer [[Zaheer Khan]] in the First Test. In a high scoring match, he took the wicket of [[Matthew Hayden]] while giving away 160 runs at almost five runs an over.<ref>{{cite web|title = 2nd Test:Australia vs India at Adelaide 12–16 December 2003|url = http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2003-04/IND_IN_AUS/SCORECARDS/IND_AUS_T2_12-16DEC2003.html|year = 2003|access-date = 20 December 2006|publisher
In the ODI tri-nation tournament against Australia and Zimbabwe that followed, Pathan was the leading wicket-taker with 16 wickets at an average of 31 in his maiden ODI series.<ref>{{cite web|title= VB Series, 2003–04 Bowling – Most Wickets| url = http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2003-04/OD_TOURNEYS/VBS/STATS/VBS_JAN-FEB2004_ODI_BOWL_MOST_WKTS.html|year = 2004 |access-date = 21 December 2006|publisher
Pathan subsequently led the pace attack again on the 2004 Test tour to Pakistan, taking 12 wickets and bowling a higher proportion of [[maiden over]]s than any other bowler to help secure India's first series victory over Pakistan in two decades.<ref name="long"/> In the first innings, he bowled 28 overs and took 4/100 to help India restrict their arch-rivals to 407 and take a 268-run lead. After stand-in captain [[Rahul Dravid]] enforced the [[follow on]], Pathan tied the Pakistanis down, bowling 12 maidens in his 21 overs to end with 2/26 as India secured an innings win. Pathan then scored 49 in the Second Test in [[Lahore]] after a batting collapse of the top order, helping India to recover to 287.<ref name = "statsgurutest"/> However this was not enough as Pakistan reached 489 despite Pathan bowling 44 overs to take 3/107, and the hosts went on to complete a nine-wicket win. In the deciding Test in [[Rawalpindi]], Pathan took 2/49 and 1/35 in an innings win. He ended the series with 12 wickets at 28.50 and 64 runs at 21.33.<ref name=o/>
===Golden form===
He also continued his prolific wicket-taking in the ODIs, taking eight wickets at 17.87 at an economy rate of 4.76 in three matches, including three top-order wickets in the deciding fifth ODI in Lahore.<ref name = "statsguruodi"/><ref name = "statsguruodiseries">{{cite web|title =
Pathan continued his productive form in ODIs at the 2004 Asian Cup in [[Sri Lanka]], where he was the leading wicket-taker with 14 wickets at 16.28 at an economy rate of 4.37 in six matches, with three three-wicket hauls against the [[United Arab Emirates cricket team|United Arab Emirates]], Bangladesh and Pakistan respectively. He also scored 64 runs at 32.00 including a 38 in a defeat against Pakistan.<ref name=o/>
===Struggle in form===
He then struggled during an ODI tour in Europe, taking three wickets at 78.00 at an economy rate of 5.48 from five matches. India won only one of these games and lost four.<ref name=o/> Pathan returned to form during India's brief campaign at the [[2004 ICC Champions Trophy]] in England, where he claimed 5 wickets at an average of 9.00 and economy rate of 3.00.<ref name = "statsguruodiseries"/><ref>{{cite web|title= Asia Cup, 2004 Bowling – Most Wickets| url = http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2004/OD_TOURNEYS/ASIA/STATS/ASIA_JUL-AUG2004_ODI_BOWL_MOST_WKTS.html|year = 2004 |access-date = 21 December 2006|publisher
Returning to India, Pathan then represented his country at the highest level for the first time on home soil. Pathan continued to improve his batting with a defiant 31 and 55 against Australia in October 2004 in the First Test in [[Bangalore]]. This was his first half-century in Tests, and was scored after the specialist batsmen had failed. Nevertheless, he managed a total of only 2/100 and India fell to a 217-run loss. Pathan's career was put on hold after he suffered a side strain in the following Test in [[Chennai]], in which he totalled 0/68, causing him to miss the Tests in [[Nagpur]] and [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite news|first= Siddhartha |last=Vaidyanathan |title = Australia win by 217 runs despite Indian resistance| url=http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/142320.html|date = 10 October 2004|access-date = 22 December 2006|publisher=
===Success in return===
Pathan made his name in Tests on the December tour to [[Bangladesh]]. Swinging the ball both ways, Pathan took 5/45 and 6/51 including several [[Leg before wicket|LBW decisions]] in the First Test in [[Dhaka]] to claim his first [[ten-wicket haul]] and his first Test man of the match award as India claimed a commanding innings victory.<ref>{{cite news| title = 'The ball swings more here' – Pathan| url=http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/135852.html|date = 12 December 2004|access-date = 22 December 2006|publisher=
In late 2004, the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] introduced central contracts for international players for the first time, and Pathan was given a B-grade contract. 2005 began rather poorly for Pathan. He took only six wickets at 68.33 in the home Test series against Pakistan after losing pace and accuracy.<ref>{{cite news| first=Dileep|last= Premachandran| title = A few good men| url=http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/146534.html|date = 29 March 2005|access-date = 22 December 2006|publisher=
===Ups and downs===
He was subsequently dropped for the ODI series, playing in only one match in which he conceded 67 runs without picking up a wicket in 8 overs. However, he did manage to post his first ODI half-century, scoring 64, defiantly holding up his end as India were bowled out for 213, sealing a 106-run loss.<ref name = "statsguruodi"/> [[Greg Chappell]] became the coach of the Indian team following the Pakistan series and identified Pathan as a potential all-rounder. He started to hone Pathan's batting skills, which had up to this point yielded 275 Test runs at 19.64.<ref name = "statsgurutestseries"/>
Pathan was subsequently signed by [[Middlesex County Cricket Club]] for the English country season, where he attempted to regain his form after his bad start to the year.<ref>{{cite news| title = Pathan signs for Middlesex| url=http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/209320.html|date = 14 May 2005|access-date = 22 December 2006|publisher=
Pathan was recalled to the ODI team for the [[2005 Indian Oil Cup]] in Sri Lanka in August. This was Chappell's first series as a coach, in which Pathan played in all five matches and took 6 wickets at 33.83 at an economy rate of 4.41, but conceded 0/59 from nine overs as the hosts won the final. He scored 58 runs at 29.00 including an unbeaten 36 after India's batting collapsed in a loss to the hosts in a preliminary match.<ref name=o/>
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===Making history===
He showed further signs of returning to peak form in the Videocon Triangular Series in [[Zimbabwe]], taking 10 wickets at 16.10 at an economy rate of 5.03 and scored 60 runs at 30.00 in four matches. This included a haul of 3/34 and then a score of 50 as India collapsed to 164 all out and a 51-run loss to New Zealand. In another match, he took his ODI career best of 5/27 against Zimbabwe in [[Harare]] as the hosts fell for 65.<ref name = "statsguruodi"/><ref name = "statsguruodiaward"/><ref name = "statsguruodiseries"/> Despite his overall good form, Pathan was punished by the New Zealanders in the final, conceding 40 runs in five wicketless overs as India lost their second successive final.<ref name=o/> He was subsequently the leading wicket-taker as India took a 2–0 clean sweep of an away Test series against [[Zimbabwe national cricket team|Zimbabwe]]. In the First Test in [[Bulawayo]], Pathan took 5/58 and 4/53 as well as scoring 52 in a man of the match performance to help India to an innings victory. He followed this with a 7/59 haul, his Test career best innings haul, and 5/67 in the final Test in [[Harare]], his second ten-wicket match haul to set up a ten wicket victory, having also scored 32 in the first innings. He was again named man of the match, and his 21 wickets at 11.29 runs saw him named man of the series. This made him only the third bowler after [[Anil Kumble]] and [[Johnny Briggs (cricketer)|Johnny Briggs]] to take 21 wickets in a two-match series.<ref name = "statsgurutest"/><ref name = "statsgurutestseries"/><ref name = "statsgurutestaward"/><ref>{{cite news| title = Pathan: 'It has been a wonderful series for me'| url=http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/219932.html|date = 22 September 2005|access-date = 22 December 2006|publisher=
Upon the team's return to India, Chappell experimented with Pathan by using him as an opening batsman in the Challenger Trophy prior to the late 2005 series against [[Sri Lanka|Sri Lankan cricket team]]. This yielded only moderate success with scores of 28 and 11 not out. Pathan took six wickets at 29.16 at an economy rate of 5.17.<ref name=o/> Pathan was subsequently used at No. 3 in the batting line-up in the First ODI against Sri Lanka in [[Nagpur]], where he scored 83 runs from 70 balls to help India post a total of 6/350.<ref name = "statsguruodi"/> Pathan also took 4/37 and 3/38 in the second and seventh matches at [[Mohali]] and [[Baroda]] respectively to win two-man of the match awards, taking ten wickets at 25.60 at ane economy rate of 5.22 for the whole series.<ref name = "statsguruodiseries"/> He added a 35 in the final match and ended the series with 118 runs at 39.33, playing akey role in India's 6–1 triumph.<ref name=o/> Pathan continued his strong ODI form with another man of the match performance of 3/23 and a knock of 37 runs against [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]] in the second ODI in [[Bangalore]],<ref name = "statsguruodiaward"/> having scored 46 in the middle-order in the first match after a top-order collapse. He ended the series with six wickets at 20.33 at an economy rate of 4.69 and 83 runs at 27.66.<ref name=o/>
After scoring two consecutive ducks in the Test series against Sri Lanka, Pathan was elevated to opening in the second innings of the Second Test in [[Delhi]], after regular opener [[Virender Sehwag]] was down with illness. Having taken 3/34 from 22 overs in the first innings, Pathan scored 93 runs, building on a first innings lead of 60 to help set up a winning target of 436. In the following match in [[Ahmedabad]], he scored 82 runs and combined in a century stand with [[V. V. S. Laxman]] to revive India after an early batting collapse saw five wickets fall during the first half of the opening day. He also took seven wickets at an average of 26.00 runs in the series, which India won 2–0.<ref name = "statsgurutest"/><ref name = "statsgurutestseries"/> Pathan later admitted that he had been disappointed in failing to score a Test century.<ref>{{cite news| first=Anand|last= Vasu| title = 'I am a little disappointed not to get to a hundred' – Pathan| url=http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/229377.html|date = 12 December 2005|access-date = 22 December 2006|publisher=
Pathan had another difficult start to the new year in 2006 on the Test tour to Pakistan. In the first two Test matches played on flat surfaces in [[Lahore]] and [[Faisalabad]], he had little success against the Pakistani batsmen, taking a total of two wickets while conceding 319 runs at more than four runs an over. After not getting an opportunity in the First Test—India lost only one wicket—Pathan made use of the good batting conditions himself and scored 90 in a double century partnership with wicket-keeper [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]] in [[Faisalabad]]. Pathan found success with the ball in the Third Test in [[Karachi]], when on 29 January he became the first – and to date only – person to claim a [[Test cricket hat-tricks|hat-trick]] in the first over of a Test match.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Salati|first1=Aamir|title=Irfan Pathan birthday special: Recalling his first over hat-trick against Pakistan|url=http://www.india.com/sports/irfan-pathan-birthday-special-recalling-his-first-over-hat-trick-against-pakistan-180789/|website=india.com|access-date=28 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202073433/http://www.india.com/sports/irfan-pathan-birthday-special-recalling-his-first-over-hat-trick-against-pakistan-180789/|archive-date=2 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Test hat-tricks|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/wi/content/records/136977.html|
Pathan had a quiet series against [[England cricket team|England]] following his return to India, taking 8 wickets at an average of 39.37 runs and scoring 121 runs at an average of 24.20 runs in three Tests.<ref name="statsgurutestseries"/> Pathan scored 52 in the first innings of the Second Test in Mohali, helping India to a first-innings lead and eventually a nine-wicket win.<ref name=o/> In the Third Test, Pathan managed only 1/84 in total and scored 26 and 6 as they collapsed on the final day and ceded their series lead.<ref name=o/> Again his ODI form was unaffected, taking eleven wickets at 15.63 in five matches, and scoring 123 runs at 41.00 with the bat as India easily claimed the series 5–1.<ref name = "statsguruodi"/><ref name = "statsguruodiseries"/> Pathan scored 28 and then took 3/21 in a low-scoring 29-win in the first match, before scoring 36 and taking 4/51 in the third match in Goa. India then took an unassailable 4–0 lead by winning the fourth match, in which Pathan took 1/27 before scoring 46 in the run-chase.<ref name=o/>
=== Drop in form again ===
Pathan began to suffer a loss of form during the tour of the West Indies in May 2006, when he managed only 24 runs at 6.00 and took 6 wickets at 29.83 at an economy rate of 5.59 while bowling in the ODI arena as India lost the series 4–1. After a poor display in a tour match, in which he was hit for 70 runs in 12 overs and appeared jaded, he was dropped from the Test team as [[V. R. V. Singh]] became the third place bowler and captain [[Rahul Dravid]] scrapped the five bowler strategy. Pathan only played once in the Second Test, after [[S. Sreesanth|Sreesanth]] was sidelined due to injury. He scored 19 and took 1/43 and 1/50 as India enforced the follow on but the hosts hung on for a draw with three wickets in hand. India then selected two spinners in the last two Tests, and Pathan could not gain one of the two pace positions. Chappell stated that Pathan was fatigued and had been overworked but was confident that Pathan "would recover from his slump and rise to further heights", asserting that he was still young and learning.<ref>{{cite news| first=Anand|last= Vasu| title = 'Irfan is just 21 and still learning' – Chappell| url=http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/255582.html|date = 14 August 2006|access-date = 22 December 2006|publisher=
These concerns were further magnified in late 2006, when Pathan conceded 54 runs in six overs in the first two matches of a triangular ODI tournament in Malaysia. Despite scoring 64 in the top-order in the first of these matches against the West Indies,<ref name=o/> Pathan was dropped for the rest of the tournament. He appeared to have run into some form during the Challenger Trophy when he took five wickets at 15.80 at an economy rate of 4.64 and scored 95 runs at 31.66 in three matches.<ref name=o/>
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Pathan was then demoted from the position of an opening bowler in ODIs during the [[2006 ICC Champions Trophy]]; he took four wickets at 24.00 at an economy rate of 4.80, and scored only 29 runs at 9.66,<ref name=o/> as India were knocked out in the first round. Pathan was then limited to sporadic ODI appearances on the late-2006 tour to South Africa.<ref name = "statsguruodi"/><ref name = "statsguruodiseries"/> Playing in three of the five matches, he took a solitary wicket at 136.00, conceding 7.15 runs per over, the only bright spot being an unbeaten 47 as India were skittled for 163 in one match; they were whitewashed by the hosts.<ref name=o/>
Since the West Indies tour in May 2006, Pathan had only been taking wickets at 41.33. He subsequently fell out of the Top 10 of the ICC bowling rankings and the Top 5 of the All rounder rankings after having spent the previous year on the list. Despite this, Indian captain [[Rahul Dravid]] remained optimistic about Pathan's prospects, stating "The number of Man-of-the-Matches that Irfan has won is a testimony to the fact that he's a proven matchwinner for us. He takes wickets early, contributes with the bat, is good in the field."<ref>{{cite news| first= Siddhartha| last= Vaidyanathan| title= Irfan is a proven matchwinner – Dravid| url= http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/263028.html| date= 15 October 2006| access-date= 22 December 2006| publisher=
Pathan was initially dropped for the ODI series hosted by India against the West Indies, but was recalled for the final match in his home town after claiming seven wickets against [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] in the Ranji Trophy semi-final.<ref>{{cite news| first = Sriram| last = Veera| title = Yuvraj returns for last two ODIs| url = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/277572.html| date = 25 January 2007| access-date = 22 February 2007| publisher
Pathan on his return took two wickets of the overs which he bowled. He had an impressive start as he took the wicket of [[Lendl Simmons]] as a [[Leg before wicket|Leg Before Wicket]]. For his performances in 2006, he was named in the World ODI XI by the ICC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-awards/content/story/266801.html|title=Ricky Ponting takes top honours at glittering ICC Awards night|date=3 November 2006|
After taking 1/12 and 3/25 in warm-up matches against the Netherlands and the West Indies in the Caribbean, Pathan did not play a match at the World Cup,<ref name="statsguruodi"/> and was among a group of players to be dropped from the squad following India's exit from the first round.<ref>{{cite web |title='We picked the best possible team' – Vengsarkar |publisher=
===Strong comeback===
With India's older players opting out of the inaugural [[World Twenty20]], Pathan was one of several younger players to regain national selection. India were not expected to do well in a format that favoured stronger fielding sides.<ref>{{cite web| title=Generation X| first=Dileep |last=Premachandran | url=http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/309199.html| publisher=
As a result of his performances in South Africa, Pathan was recalled to the ODI team and played in the home series against Australia and Pakistan in late 2007. He played in all 12 matches, seven against Australia and five against Pakistan. Pathan scored 131 runs at 18.71 in the lower-order and took 12 wickets at 46.00 at an economy rate of 5.02, averaging substantially worse than his overall career statistics.<ref name = "statsguruodiseries"/> It was a steady performance; Pathan never took more than two wickets in any match and his economy rate was always between 4.60 and 6.66 and scored 26 and 29 in consecutive matches in Baroda and [[Rajkot]] against Australia before making 43 in the final match against Pakistan.<ref name=o/>
With India opting to field two spinners and two pacemen on turning tracks in the home Test series against Pakistan in late 2007, Pathan missed the first two Tests as Zaheer and [[R. P. Singh|Rudra Pratap Singh]] were the fast bowlers chosen. In the meantime, he took 11 wickets at 23.81 and scored 90 runs at 30.00 in two Ranji Trophy matches. Injury to both Zaheer and Singh in his colleagues resulted in his recall for the Third Test at Bangalore. Pathan scored his maiden Test century, reaching the mark with a [[six (cricket)|six]] from [[leg spin]]ner [[Danish Kaneria]] to move from 96 to 102 with only last man, paceman [[Ishant Sharma]] left to accompany him, before holing out in the same over.<ref>{{cite web| title=Ganguly and Pathan pile on the agony for Pakistan| first=Dileep |last=Premachandran | url=http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/324489.html| publisher=
Pathan gained selection for the 2007–08 tour of Australia, but did not play in the first two Tests with only two pacemen chosen. Zaheer and Singh were the first-choice pace duo before the former was injured and replaced by Ishant, who had taken five wickets in the first innings of the Bangalore Test. With the Third Test held on the bouncy [[WACA Ground]] in [[Perth]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ausvind/content/current/story/331100.html|title=India face uphill task in the Wild West|first=Siddhartha|last=Vaidyanathan|date=15 January 2008|access-date=22 July 2008|publisher=
After his batting displays in Perth, Pathan was promoted to open the batting in the Fourth Test in Adelaide, replacing the struggling [[Wasim Jaffer]] and thereby allowing Harbhajan to return in a five-bowler attack. In a high-scoring match, Pathan took 3/112, but he struggled with the responsibility of opening, scoring nine and a duck.<ref name = "statsgurutest"/><ref name = "statsgurutestseries"/> In a high-scoring match, he took 3/112 in Australia's 563.Following the Test series, he top-scored with 26 as India were skittles for 74 in the one-off T20 international. Pathan held his place in the ODI team and played all 10 matches in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy, scoring 118 runs at 19.66 mostly in the lower order and taking 11 wickets at 34.27 at an economy rate of 5.49.<ref name="statsguruodiseries"/> His best performance was a 4/41 against Australia at Adelaide to help restrict the hosts to 203 but India then collapsed to a 50-run loss.<ref name="statsguruodi"/> His top-score of 31 in the series came in partnership with captain [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]] in the closing stages of a successful and tense run-chase against Sri Lanka. Pathan struggled in the two finals against Australia, taking three wickets at 39.00 at an economy rate of 7.46 but his teammates did enough to ensure a 2–0 win.<ref name=o/>
An extra bowler backfired as the batsmen struggled. Pathan top-scored with 21* in India's first innings of 76 on the first morning and was again unbeaten in the second innings with 43. However, he failed to take a wicket and conceded 85 runs in only 21.2 overs in an innings defeat, and was omitted from the next Test.<ref name="statsgurutest"/> After the South Africa series, Pathan participated in the [[2008 Indian Premier League]], having been purchased by the [[Kings XI Punjab]].
He took 15 wickets at 23.33 at the economy rate of 6.60 runs per over.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ipl/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=3519;type=tournament |title=Most wickets Indian Premier League, 2007/08 |publisher=
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=== Comeback and knee injury 2011===
Irfan Pathan was recalled for India's ODI squad for last two matches of five match one-day series against West Indies in December 2011,<ref name="callback">{{cite web |title=Irfan keen to take full advantage of recall |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/west-indies-in-india-2011-12-irfan-pathan-keen-to-make-use-of-chance-543921 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111207090553/http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-west-indies-2011/content/story/543921.html |archive-date=7 December 2011 |access-date=12 December 2011}}, Irfan keen to take full advantage of recall.</ref> and played in last match of the series, picking the wicket of first ball.<ref name="firstball">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-west-indies-2011/content/image/544886.html |title=Irfan Pathan is mobbed by his team-mates after striking with his first ball
He was selected for the Commonwealth Bank Series, playing four games and scoring 96 runs at an average of 24 with a top score of 47. He also succeeded in taking 6 wickets at an average of 31.16; his best figures were 3/16. His strong performances led to his inclusion in the Asia Cup squad. He played three matches and did not get a chance to bat but he proved himself with the ball taking 4/32 in the first match of the series against Sri Lanka. He picked up two more wickets in the next two games. He was the part of the team touring South Africa for the one T20 played on 31 March 2012 where he had figures of 4–0–44–1 but was yet to bat. Pathan also played for the [[Delhi Daredevils]] the [[Indian Premier League]] in 2012, taking only 8 wickets from 17 matches with an average of 58.12.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iplt20league.com/ipl_5/most_runs_conceded.html |title=IPL 5 Most Runs Conceded by Bowler, IPL 5 Most Runs Given by Bowler Record |publisher=IPL T20 League |access-date=29 July 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702204652/http://www.iplt20league.com/ipl_5/most_runs_conceded.html |archive-date=2 July 2012 }}</ref>
BCCI announced on 13 July 2012 inclusion of Irfan Pathan in the Indian team for the tour of Sri Lanka as a replacement to the injured [[Vinay Kumar]].<ref>{{cite news | url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/series-tournaments/india-in-sri-lanka/top-stories/Irfan-Pathan-to-replace-Vinay-Kumar-for-Sri-Lanka-series/articleshow/14865189.cms | title= Irfan Pathan to replace Vinay Kumar for Sri Lanka series | date= 14 July 2012 | work= The Times Of India | url-status= live | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120714052656/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/series-tournaments/india-in-sri-lanka/top-stories/Irfan-Pathan-to-replace-Vinay-Kumar-for-Sri-Lanka-series/articleshow/14865189.cms | archive-date= 14 July 2012 | df= dmy-all }}</ref> With his all round performance, India managed to win four of the five ODIs and the lone T20 match in the next series in Sri Lanka.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/interviews/The-speedometer-doesnt-bother-me-Irfan-Pathan/articleshow/15413304.cms |title= The speedometer doesn't bother me: Irfan Pathan |date= 9 August 2012 |work= The Times Of India |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120810013308/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/interviews/The-speedometer-doesnt-bother-me-Irfan-Pathan/articleshow/15413304.cms |archive-date= 10 August 2012 |df= dmy-all }}</ref> Pathan emerged as the top wicket taker with a [[five-wicket haul]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=7330;type=series |title=Cricket Records
Pathan was a part of the Indian squad for the [[2012 ICC World Twenty20|2012 ICC World Twenty20 tournament]] in Sri Lanka.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2012/content/series/531597.html |title=ICC World T20 2012
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