He’s got the pace which he bowls with a good race , he has got the shots which cannot be termed as slaughs . Irfan Pathan is one hell of a hard working person who takes his work very seriously , his dad a maulana he lived with his family in a one bedroom , the family members were 9 but one of them had a dream which came true in 20 years . Irfan made a very good a impact in the Under 19 team and made a fix position of a debut in the International cricket team of India due to tremendous performances in the Under 19 team of India when they made a debut in Pakistan , Irfan lead the team and came back as a successfull under 19 captain . Irfan made his Debut on the larger side in The Australia tour where he made his debut and Steve Waugh was playing his last test , Irfan got him out on bowling him a beautifull incutter and make the stumps go fly , this was the impact he made in the team in 2004. He and Balaji were touted as the replacements for Zaheer and Ashish Nehra.
Irfan proved that he is just not a bowler but is a v.good batsmen by playing the suffecient knocks when his team needed him . He emerged as the ICC Emerging Player of the Year 2004 .
He is probably the best seam and swing bowler India had produced since the great Kapil Dev and was touted the next Kapil , as far as the youth , energy , determination and passion being on his sides if he gets good experience he might just might surpass the Great KAPIL . 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 . Irfan proved that he is just not a bowler but is a v.good batsmen by playing the suffecient knocks when his team needed him , His batting reserves are expected to yield significant lower-order, perhaps even lower-middle-order, runs in the future.
He has performed very well with the bat against Pakistan recently by getting 90 , 40 . His highest score in test is till now 93 . He has gotten a perfect average of almost 30 in the batting section that’s very good for an emerging all rounder my freinds most of the start with 16 as their averages in the batting section . After Harbhajan he is the one to take a hat - trick dismissing Salman butt, Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf on ducks in his First over.
He was recently nominated MTV’S youth Icon of 2005 but could not withstand the reputation of Shahrukh Khan . He would definetly win it some year.