'I'm hoping that he will not have an injury effect on his bowling.'
Like every year, crowds thronged Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan's homes for a special glimpse of the superstars on Eid.
'SRH is perhaps looking for a captain and that could be the reason why we see the desperation to get in.'
Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder Yusuf Pathan looked pleased with his teams performance after they managed to keep their playoff hopes alive by beating Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday night.
Ajit Agarkar and Yuvraj Singh, who missed the first two matches, will play in the third ODI against Sri Lanka.
Irfan Pathan claimed five wickets and contributed valuable 29 runs as India managed a 20-run win over Sri Lanka in the dead fifth rubber to complete a 4-1 series drubbing in Pallekele on Saturday.
Could this opportunity, to work on his bowling away from the spotlight, be the making of Pathan?
Rajasthan Royals may have lost their first match in the Indian Premier League's third season, but if Yusuf Pathan's knock in that match against Mumbai Indians is anything to go by then, rest assured, the former champions will be tough competitors this season as well.
Yusuf Pathan scored an unbeaten 210 as West Zone beat South Zone by three wickets to win the Duleep Trophy in Hyderabad on Saturday. Chasing an improbable 536 for victory, West, who ended day four on 379 for 6, finished with 541.
India captain Rahul Dravid elected to field in the third and final Test against Pakistan in Karachi
"It was high time the message was given and this strong step by the BCCI will go a long way in restoring the prestige of domestic cricket," he added.
Irfan Pathan stepped on the field for the first time in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament and made a telling impact. His all-round prowess guided Baroda to an eight-run victory over Punjab in the final, at the Brabourne stadium in Mumbai, on Tuesday.
'I have trained Ravish Kumar, Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan...' 'But if I approach somebody for work, I never get it.'
"You can't do anything about it," Rashid Khan conceded as he tried to make sense of Australia's refusal to play bilateral cricket with Afghanistan men's team, which he believes, achieves nothing beyond denying happiness to his people.
Ravindra Jadeja etched a new record to his name as he became the most successful Indian bowler in the Asia Cup in the ODI format.
Irfan Pathan's form may have deserted him, but his charm radiates. The handsome Baroda pacer barely avoided embarrassment on Monday when a female fan in Kolkata tried to kiss him in full media view. Shabina Khatun, who works with an insurance company in Kolkata, got a "life-time opportunity" to pose with Irfan and elder brother Yusuf after being selected as one of the three winners of a contest during a promotional event.
Limbani, the lanky 18-year-old right-armer from Baroda, who primarily bowls inswingers at mid 120s, didn't let any of the Nepalese batters settle down and pitched it up, getting sufficient movement.
Brothers Irfan and Yousuf Pathan led Baroda's fight against Maharashtra on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group match at Motibag ground in Vadodara on Saturday.
Having played a stellar role many a time in India-Pakistan clashes, all-rounder Irfan Pathan feels that the defending champions have a far superior unit and will do well against the arch-rivals in the high-voltage opening World Cup encounter on February 15 in Adelaide.
A day after the Board of Control for Cricket in India announced that players can be transferred for the second edition of the DLF Indian Premier League team, owners are already drawing up their wish lists.
The trio will make way for Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan and Murali Kartik.
Comeback man Irfan Pathan is delighted that all the pain and hardwork that he has gone through in the last two years finally paid off as he has been recalled to the Indian ODI squad for the last two matches against the West Indies.
The trio of Pathan, Balaji and Zaheer will be at the MRF Pace Foundation for a month, from May 28.
Yusuf Pathan and Pragyan Ojha are the new faces in the India one-day squad for the tri-series in Bangladesh and subsequent Asia Cup in Pakistan. Sachin Tendulkar has been ruled out of the two tournaments because of a niggling groin injury, while former captains Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly have once again been left out of the 15-member squad.
On a high after smashing the fastest fifty in the IPL, Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder Yusuf Pathan slammed his critics saying that they have no clue how hard he works.
After single-handedly engineering India's five-wicket win over New Zealand in the fourth One-Day International, all-rounder Yusuf Pathan said his blistering innings could be the turning point of his career.
Yusuf Pathan is the Indian cricket's team most-feared player. The 'Baroda blaster' sends a shiver down the spine of bowlers the moment he walks out to bat. His ability to clear the boundary at will makes him the scourge of all teams.
Explosive all-rounder Yusuf Pathan concedes that Indian cricketers would be under immense pressure during next month's cricket World Cup in the sub-continent but they will have to avoid thinking about the expectations to come good at the event.
Among the keenly watched contests are those involving former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav (Kannauj, UP) and Union ministers Giriraj Singh (Begusarai, Bihar), Nityanand Rai (Ujiarpur, Bihar) and Raosaheb Danve (Jalna, Maharashtra).
It remains to be seen if he gets a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the BCCI, which has maintained a tough stance in not allowing Indian cricketers to participate in T20 leagues such as BBL, CPL and BPL.
Elite 'A' bowlers Irfan Pathan (Jr) and Sarandeep Singh claimed three wickets each as Elite B were bundled out for 219
Irfan and Yusuf Pathan will receive Rs 5 lakh each.
Shubman Gill's sizzling ton in Qualifier 2 is an innings that will be remembered for years to come, said the legendary Sunil Gavaskar.
India after taking a 100+ run lead at the end of the first innings in a Home Test: Instances: 106. Won: 70. Drawn: 35. Lost: 1 (vs England, Hyderabad 2024).
Yusuf Pathan has overtaken Jacques Kallis to become the most valuable player of IPL3 after the first 25 matches (i.e., as on the morning of March 29) with a MVPI of 447.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar, on Wednesday, said that the Indian team management must think of including all-rounder Irfan Pathan in the team as he may come handy with the bat as well as on the field.
Chaudhary not only killed his senior but also three others of a 'particular community' by making them specific targets, the court said.
'Cape Town once again showed cricketers with limited first class experience will always struggle against the red ball.'
Irfan Pathan, who turned 27 on Thursday, opens up to Haresh Pandya about injuries that have hampered his career, and says he has to work harder to regain the prized India cap.
