Reader Kamal Lakshmanan sent us this picture from Chennai.

'I met Irfan Pathan [Images] at the Chennai airport when he was returning to Mumbai after a stint at the MRF pace foundation. He was dropped from the Indian side at that time and the squad to England [Images] was about to be picked...I told him I hope he is picked for the side...he wasn't and now here he is...MOM [man of the match] at Perth...

'How times change...He was very nice and down to earth by the way,' writes Kamal.

Thank you, Kamal, for sending this photograph!

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