NEW DELHI (India): Irfan Pathan, who was part of the team that won the 2007 T20 World Cup, has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
Pathan appeared for India in 29 Tests, 120 ODIs and 24 T20Is. He last played for the country in a T20I against South Africa on October 2, 2012 in Colombo in the 2012 World T20.
The left-arm seamer is one of three Indian bowlers to claim a hat-trick in the longest format of the game.
Pathan made his debut on December 12, 2003, during the famous Test match against Australia in Adelaide that India won thanks to Rahul Dravid’s heroics.
He made his ODI debut a month later against the same opposition in Melbourne.
Pathan, who played 120 ODIs, never had express pace but his natural ability to swing the ball into the right-handers made him famous.
He had probably his greatest moment when India toured Pakistan in 2006 when he took a hat-trick in Karachi Test.
Pathan dismissed Salman Butt, Younis Khan and Mohammad Yusuf off the last three deliveries to become the second Indian bowler to get a Test hat-trick after Harbhajan Singh.
He also played a key role in India’s successful campaign in the first ever World T20 in 2007, with a player-of-the-match performance in the final against Pakistan, when he picked up three wickets for 16 runs from his four overs.
The 35-year-old, who started his domestic career for Baroda in the 2000-01 season, last played a competitive game in February 2019 during the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy for Jammu and Kashmir.
