INDIA
Full name - Irfan Khan Pathan
Born - October 27, 1984, Baroda, Gujarat
Current age - 22 years 24 days
Major teams -
Batting style - Left-hand bat
Bowling style - Left-arm medium-fast
Relations
Statsguru - Test player, ODI player
| BATTING AND FIELDING AVERAGES |
| class | mat | inns | no | runs | hs | ave | bf | sr | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | ct | st |
| Tests | 25 | 32 | 2 | 835 | 93 | 27.83 | 1671 | 49.97 | 0 | 6 | 99 | 13 | 8 | 0 |
| ODIs | 69 | 51 | 13 | 951 | 83 | 25.02 | 1182 | 80.45 | 0 | 5 | 95 | 23 | 11 | 0 |
| First-class | 60 | 75 | 15 | 1495 | 93 | 24.91 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 100 | 71 | 19 | 1177 | 83 | 22.63 | 1488 | 79.09 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Twenty20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 21* | 12.33 | 20 | 185.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BOWLING AVERAGES |
| class | mat | balls | runs | wkts | bbi | bbm | ave | econ | sr | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| Tests | 25 | 5078 | 2802 | 91 | 7/59 | 12/126 | 30.79 | 3.31 | 55.80 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| ODIs | 69 | 3387 | 2801 | 113 | 5/27 | 5/27 | 24.78 | 4.96 | 29.97 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| First-class | 60 | 11495 | 6156 | 193 | 7/59 | 31.89 | 3.21 | 59.55 | 10 | 3 | ||
| List A | 100 | 4943 | 4016 | 158 | 5/27 | 5/27 | 25.41 | 4.87 | 31.28 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | 7 | 144 | 153 | 12 | 4/27 | 4/27 | 12.75 | 6.37 | 12.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| CAREER STATISTICS | |
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| Test debut | Australia v India at Adelaide - Dec 12-16, 2003 |
| Last Test | West Indies v India at Gros Islet - Jun 10-14, 2006 |
| ODI debut | Australia v India at Melbourne - Jan 9, 2004 |
| Last ODI | India v Australia at Chandigarh - Oct 29, 2006 |
| First-class span | 2000/01 - 2006 |
| List A span | 2001/02 - 2006/07 |
| Twenty20 span | 2005 |
ICC Emerging Player of the Year 2004
Irfan Khan Pathan was considered by many, with reason, as the most talented swing and seam bowler to emerge from India since Kapil Dev. Within a couple of years in international cricket, he was thought of as a possible successor for Kapil in the allround department. When he made his Test debut in Australia in 2003-04, it was with the energy of a 19-year-old, but a composed nous that was striking even for one who had been specifically readied for the purpose via the A-team and age-group channels. His instinct is not merely what to bowl to who and when, but also to keep learning new tricks. Already he possesses perhaps the most potent left-armer's outswinger in the world, is adept at reversing the ball, and enjoys the long spell. Thus equipped, he played a big part in India's one-day and the Test series wins on their revival tour of Pakistan. His batting soon took off and he was regularly pushed up the order - his first stint at No.3 resulted in a spectacular 83 against Sri Lanka at Nagpur - and he often bailed India out of strife in the Test arena as well. A poor series with both ball and bat in the West Indies set him back, but at 22, time is clearly on his side.
Rahul Bhattacharya (July 2006)
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