DTVHINDIT20 World Cup 2024: If I were the coach, I would ask the specialist batsmen of the Indian team…: Irfan Pathan gave a surprising statement
According to Irfan Pathan, there are many all-rounders who performed very well for the Indian team in the T20 World Cup 2007 and the ODI World Cup 2011. Irfan Pathan. (Photo Source: Twitter) Former cricketer Irfan Pathan believes that the specialist batsmen of the Indian team should practice throwing some balls in the nets for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. According to him, specialist batsmen may have to bowl in this tournament. According to Irfan Pathan, there are many all-rounders who performed very well for the Indian team in the T20 World Cup 2007 and the ODI World Cup 2011. He named Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina as examples. Irfan Pathan told Star Sports, ‘If I were a coach, I would have definitely made this rule that if you are a batsman, you should also bowl a bit along with batting. You cannot leave the nets without bowling.’ The former player further said, ‘None of the batsmen can bowl. Neither Rohit Sharma, nor Virat Kohli nor Suryakumar Yadav. And this is where we get stuck. If even one of them could bowl, it would be a big thing for the team combination. You can take the example of England. Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone and Will Jacks can also bowl. Apart from this, they also have four to five important bowlers.’ Irfan Pathan gave important advice to the Indian team Irfan Pathan further said, ‘We can make two combinations. 6 bowlers in which you can play Akshar Patel. Apart from this, you can go with four main bowlers and expect Shivam Dubey and Hardik Pandya to bowl. There is another player whom you can play. Yashasvi Jaiswal is bowling continuously in the nets but he has not done so in the match yet. In the T20 World Cup, you can expect one over from him. If Yashasvi bowls one over and Hardik Pandya bowls three overs, this problem will be solved. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
“First of all you have to remove IPL from the minds of the players”- Irfan Pathan said in support of Hardik
As India moves to West Indies and United States of America (USA) for T20 World Cup 2024, they will look to end their 11-year-long ICC trophy drought. Indian team captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid would like to win the ICC trophy at all costs. As a coach, Dravid has been excellent in bilateral series, but he has not been able to repeat it in ICC tournaments. The current Indian team is facing captaincy problems as Rohit and Hardik Pandya have become a matter of concern. Pandya replaced Rohit as the captain of Mumbai Indians and is being considered as the next captain of the Indian team after being made the vice-captain for the T20 World Cup 2024. Former Indian fast bowler Irfan Pathan feels that the first task for Dravid will be to get the players out of the bad form of IPL 2024. Irfan Pathan once again supported Hardik Pandya Hindustan Times quoted Irfan Pathan as saying, “I will not even discuss it. What’s done is done. I will just say that this is my expectation from you: I want you to win matches for India. This is the roadmap, and you are an important part of the team and a match winner. Being an all-rounder, I would say he will play an important role. How many fast bowlers have we taken? Apart from Hardik and Shivam Dubey, we have only three specialist bowlers.” He further added, “So when the time comes, these 3-4 overs will become very crucial. Remember, when we play day matches in West Indies they will allow us to play an extra spinner. So that is where he comes into the plan, he needs to feel good and believe that he can contribute and hence the IPL talks should not even be a one-off. India has been placed in Group A of the T20 World Cup 2024 along with teams like Pakistan, Ireland, the United States and Canada. The top two teams of the group will find their place in the Super-8 stage of the tournament. India will start their tournament with a match against Ireland in New York on June 5. This match will be followed by an Indo-Pak match on June 9 at the Nassau County Stadium in New York.
“Either be available for the entire season, otherwise…”- Irfan Pathan turned red with anger when foreign players left IPL midway.
Irfan Pathan (Photo Source: Twitter) The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has asked its players to join the national team ahead of the T20 World Cup 2024 next month. Some of them have already left their respective Indian Premier League (IPL) teams, while others are on the verge of doing so. The England team is the defending champion of the T20 World Cup, having won the last edition of the tournament in 2022. In such a situation, the England team will again go to defend the title in the T20 World Cup to be held next month. After the decision of ECB, many England players have left their team in the middle of the IPL season., Most of the players have already returned home to take part in the three-match T20 series against Pakistan. The rest of the players who are part of the team will also leave India soon for national duty. Irfan Pathan angry at England players England captain Jos Buttler, Will Jacques, Liam Livingstone, Reece Topley and Phil Salt have returned to England. Now Sam Curran will also return to England soon. Some cricket experts including experienced batsman Sunil Gavaskar did not like this. After Gavaskar, Irfan Pathan has also issued a stern warning to those players who are leaving this glorious league in the middle of the season. Pathan, a former India all-rounder, said that players should either be present for the entire IPL season or they should not come to play at all. Expressing displeasure over this, Irfan Pathan wrote a post, “Either be available for the entire season, or do not come.” Either be available for full season or don’t come! — Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) May 15, 2024 Irfan Pathan vented out his anger on the foreign players and Rajasthan Royals bore the brunt of the lack of star players. Royals could not get the services of their veteran opener Jos Buttler against Punjab Kings. Rajasthan Royals suffered a five-wicket defeat at the hands of Punjab Kings with 7 balls remaining. This was the fourth consecutive defeat for Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan Royals.
“This team does not seem to be playing united at all” – Irfan Pathan said about MI
Former star all-rounder player of India Irfan Pathan said that the former five-time champion Mumbai Indians (MI) is not playing unitedly in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. They faced a 24-run defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wankhede Stadium on Friday, May 3. After this defeat, Irfan Pathan has said a lot about the Mumbai camp. After the match, Pathan was asked why Mumbai Indians failed to chase the score of 170 on their home ground, that too against a team that has given away more than 200 on four occasions this season. The cricketer turned commentator said that there was nothing in the pitch and apart from Suryakumar, no one tried to help MI win. Mumbai team does not seem to be playing united at all – Irfan Pathan Analyzing the match on Star Sports, Irfan Pathan said, “That too at Wankhede where the ground is small and when it gets a little wet the ball comes on the bat well. The pitch will not always be extremely flat. It will dry out a bit. The pitch was a little slow due to the heat but it was not a pitch with uneven bounce.” Pathan further said, “Suryakumar Yadav Looked like the only batsman who could win the match. He got out trying to play a shot and then Mitchell Starc took a big wicket (of Tim David). The match ended there – Suryakumar Yadav’s wicket and then Tim David’s wicket. This team does not seem to be playing united at all.” Talking about the match, Mumbai captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and invited KKR to bat first at Wankhede Stadium. KKR, who came to bowl first, had a very bad start and the team lost five wickets for just 57 runs. Manish Pandey (42 runs on 31 balls) and experienced batsman Venkatesh Iyer (70 runs on 52 balls) made an important partnership of 83 runs on 62 balls. Because of this partnership, KKR managed to reach the score of 169. In bowling for MI, Nuwan Thushara and Jasprit Bumrah took three wickets each. While chasing the target, Mumbai team kept losing wickets at regular intervals. For Mumbai, Suryakumar Yadav scored the highest score of 56 runs in 35 balls. But the team ultimately had to face defeat by 24 runs.
Irfan Pathan gave a befitting reply to those criticizing Virat Kohli’s strike rate.
In the match against Rajasthan Royals, Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Travis Head scored 58 runs in 44 balls – which was a complete contrast to his batting style. Head usually attacks the bowlers from the start and tries to dominate the powerplay. However, as SRH lost the wickets of Abhishek Sharma and Anmolpreet Singh early. After this, Head handled the innings by batting cautiously. Keeping this in mind, former cricketers Irfan Pathan and Mohammad Kaif said that if Virat Kohli had played such an innings, there would have been many debates on his strike rate. Let us tell you that, despite scoring a lot of runs and being ranked second in the Orange Cap list, Kohli has been criticized for his strike rate throughout IPL 2024. Following Head’s innings, Pathan and Kaif came to Kohli’s defense and said that every cricketer should be treated equally. After the slow innings of Travis Head, Irfan Pathan now comes in support of Virat During commentary Irfan Pathan said that, “As per his ability, you have never seen him play like this. It doesn’t matter what you say there was good bowling and everything, but every cricketer should be treated equally. On this, Mohammad Kaif said, you are right, if it was Virat Kohli, I can guarantee that people would have said only 58 runs in 44 balls? What is this? They will say it is low and there will be debate about his strike rate. But I believe it was a good innings from Head.” In the end, Irfan said, “But if Virat Kohli had been in his place, people would have been adamant on the strike rate, but here we are talking about taking responsibility for the team’s victory, so please treat everyone equally.”
“When it comes to captaincy, he is the best leader…”- Irfan Pathan said about Rohit Sharma
Irfan Pathan says that there is no better person than Rohit Sharma to captain India in the T20 World Cup. Irfan Pathan & Rohit Sharma (Photo Source: The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 will be played jointly in West Indies and America from June 1. BCCI has announced the 15-member Indian team for this tournament. Rohit Sharma is ready to captain India once again in the ICC tournament. Former Indian veteran player Irfan Pathan says that there is no better person than Rohit Sharma to captain India in the T20 World Cup. Captaincy is a completely different thing – Irfan Pathan Irfan Pathan says that captaincy is a difficult job, a person like MS Dhoni made it very easy. Virat Kohli is the best captain in test cricket. In recent times, in white ball cricket, you cannot look beyond Rohit Sharma, he is the best leader. Irfan Pathan while talking on Star Sports said, ‘We always talk about players, but captaincy is a completely different thing. We saw what happened to many captains in this IPL; It is not easy. Captaining a team in cricket still holds a lot of importance and that is why we always talk a lot about Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The whole world has given him high status because it is such a difficult job and he has made it very simple. Irfan Pathan further said, ‘After Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat was your best captain till date in Tests, the way he took the team forward. But when it comes to recent white-ball cricket, you can look no further than Rohit Sharma. Even considering the bench strength, he is your best leader. According to Irfan Pathan, these players can captain India in future Irfan Pathan also put forward his views about who can captain the Indian team in the future. They said, ‘In terms of captaincy in the future, his eyes will be on Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah. Now we have Hardik Pandya as the vice-captain, and also Rishabh Pant. So, three or four people are ready, but Rohit is number one.
“MI is losing matches because of him… BCCI has to give him…” – 5 occasions when Irfan Pathan criticized Hardik Pandya
Irfan Pathan believes that the Indian management should not give importance to Hardik Pandya as an all-rounder at the international level. Hardik Pandya & Irfan Pathan (Photo Source: X/Twitter) 5 Times When Irfan Pathan Criticized Hardik Pandya: Hardik Pandya is seen struggling with poor form in IPL 2024. Neither his captaincy nor his individual performance has been good for Mumbai Indians this season. Hardik Pandya will play the role of Indian vice-captain in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024. Fans and cricket experts have criticized the all-rounder’s form a lot. Former Indian veteran player Irfan Pathan is also one of those experts. Today let us tell you about those five occasions when Irfan Pathan has criticized Hardik’s captaincy and individual performance. 1. Irfan Pathan believes that BCCI should not give importance to Hardik Pandya. Before the selection of the Indian squad for the T20 World Cup 2024, Irfan Pathan had said that the Indian management should not give importance to Hardik Pandya as an all-rounder at the international level. While talking on Star Sports Press Room, Irfan Pathan had said, ‘Indian cricket needs to make it clear that they should not give it the same priority as they have given it so far because we have still not won the World Cup. 2. According to Irfan Pathan, Hardik Pandya is the biggest weakness of Mumbai Indians. While sharing a video on his social media, Irfan Pathan had said that Hardik Pandya is the biggest weakness of the Mumbai Indians team. He had said, ‘Mumbai Indians is still a very good team on paper but it is being managed very poorly. Especially, if Hardik Pandya is not in form as a leader, he will become a weak link for his own team. What worries me most is that it is affecting his hitting ability. This is a matter of concern – for the Indian team too. 3. Irfan Pathan held Hardik Pandya responsible for Mumbai Indians’ defeat against CSK. In IPL 2024, Mumbai Indians had to face defeat by 20 runs against Chennai Super Kings. The major reason for this defeat was the 20th over bowled by Hardik Pandya, in which MS Dhoni hit 3 sixes. After the match, Irfan Pathan criticized Hardik in the Star Sports press room and said, ‘MWhatever match I lost, he (Hardik Pandya) had a big role in it. Even yesterday Akash Madhwal did not bowl the last over. You need to give huge responsibility to Akash Madhwal, this is his job. If he doesn’t bowl then how will he gain confidence? 4. Irfan Pathan raised questions on Hardik Pandya’s captaincy Mumbai Indians reached the playoffs last season despite the absence of Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah. But this season, despite having both, the team is on the verge of being eliminated. Irfan Pathan had raised questions on Hardik’s captaincy after MI’s defeat against Lucknow and said, ‘Jasprit Bumrah was not in Mumbai Indians, the qualifying team last year, but he is playing this season. Still they are in this situation. Completely because the…
‘He will definitely bowl when the time comes’ Irfan Pathan about Shivam Dubey before T20 World Cup
Dubey is performing amazingly in IPL 2024 Shivam Dube and Irfan Pathan (Image Credit- Twitter) Cricket fans are eagerly waiting for T20 World Cup 2024. It is noteworthy that this time this tournament is starting from June 2 and will be played jointly hosted by West Indies and USA. So the Indian team has announced a 15-member team for this multinational tournament on 30th April. All-rounder Shivam Dube has been included in this team for the first time, who is performing amazingly for the five-time champion Chennai Super Kings in the ongoing IPL 2024. Batting in the middle order for the team, he has scored a total of 350 runs in 10 matches with the help of 3 half-centuries. During this period, Dubey’s strike rate has been 171.56. Also, he is currently at third position in terms of hitting most sixes in the tournament. The ability to play big shots against spin bowlers makes Dubey a special batsman. So now a big statement from former all-rounder player Irfan Pathan, who was a part of the 2007 T20 World Cup winning Indian team, regarding Shivam Dubey has come out. Pathan says that Dubey will definitely bowl when the time comes. Irfan Pathan gave a big statement regarding Shivam Dubey Let us tell you that regarding the selection of Shivam Dubey in the Indian T20 World Cup 2024, Irfan said – Shivam Dubey has been selected because he can give you 1 or 2 overs by bowling. He has been bowling regularly in the nets for Chennai Super Kings. He did not get a chance to bowl due to the Impact Player rule. He is capable of bowling in the match and when the time comes and is needed, he can bowl at least 1 or 2 overs for Team India. Irfan further said- As far as his hard-hitting batting is concerned, I am really looking forward to the match of Chennai Super Kings against Sunrisers Hyderabad. I want to see what kind of batting he is going to do against Pat Cummins. I know Cummins will bowl to him outside the off stump, but I also wanted to see how Shivam would counter him. Because he will also be seen batting against Pat Cummins in the T20 World Cup.
“Indian cricket should not give him so much importance…”- Irfan Pathan said about Hardik Pandya
Hardik Pandya is struggling with poor form in IPL 2024. Hardik Pandya & Irfan Pathan (Photo Source: X/Twitter/Getty Images) Hardik Pandya is captaining Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024, but neither his captaincy nor his individual performance has been good this season. Due to poor form, Hardik’s place in the Indian team for T20 World Cup 2024 is at stake. Meanwhile, former Indian veteran player Irfan Pathan has given a big statement regarding Hardik Pandya. Cricket commentator says that the Indian management should not give priority to Hardik Pandya as an all-rounder player at the international level, as he has so far failed to give his best in ICC tournaments. Hardik Pandya has not made that much impact at the international level – Irfan Pathan Irfan Pathan said in the press room show, Ticket to World Cup on Star Sports, ‘Indian cricket needs to make it clear that they should not give him (Hardik Pandya) as much priority as they have given so far, because we have still not won the World Cup. And if you think you are a primary all-rounder, you have to make that kind of impact at the international level. As far as the all-rounder is concerned, he has not made that much impact at the international level, we are only thinking about the potential. Giving the example of the Australian team, Irfan Pathan stressed that the Indian management will have to stop giving priority to any one player. Because everyone in the team is a superstar, and if the team doesn’t do that they will never win big tournaments. Irfan Pathan further said, ‘We are getting confused between IPL performance and international performance. That’s a big difference, first of all he has to play the whole year. Indian cricket needs to stop doing this. Stop prioritizing individuals, if you do, you won’t win big tournaments. What Australia has been doing for many years is that they are really prioritizing the team game. Making everyone a superstar, there is no one superstar, everyone in the team is a superstar.
“Rohit, Virat and Jaiswal…”- Irfan Pathan named the top-3 players for the T20 World Cup.
Rohit and Yashasvi Jaiswal will open the innings and Kohli will play at number three – Irfan Pathan Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (Image Credit- Twitter T20 World Cup will be played in USA and West Indies right after IPL 2024. Team India is to be announced for this mega tournament by the end of April. Which 15 Indian players will get a place for this ICC event still remains a big question. Everyone from fans to cricket experts are giving their opinion regarding this. In this series, Team India’s former veteran all-rounder Irfan Pathan has given his stand regarding Team India’s World Cup squad. He has given the names of top-3 players. Let us tell you that the selection of some players for the World Cup squad is being considered certain. At the same time, the fitness and form of some players has increased the tension of the selectors. Irfan Pathan names top-3 players for T-20 World Cup Former all-rounder Irfan Pathan has named his top-3 playing eleven of Team India for the T-20 World Cup. He has selected Rohit, Yashasvi and Kohli as top-3. Let us tell you that Rohit will be the captain of the team in this World Cup. But Jaiswal has presented his claim by scoring a century. With Yashasvi coming into form, Gill is in danger of being dropped from the squad. At the same time, Virat’s place is also considered confirmed. Irfan Pathan wrote on X, “Now the World Cup is coming near. My top-3 for Team India. Rohit Sharma (in form and captain too), Yashasvi Jaiswal (he is doing well in IPL and even before scoring a century) Virat Kohli (There should be no question about his place or his strike rate. His strike rate in T20I 138 plus which is better than Chris Gayle’s +51 average and his strike rate in this IPL season is 150. He further said, “Shubman Gill will be in the team but will not be a part of the starting playing XI. He has scored a lot of runs in international cricket and this boy is now playing a different role in the IPL. He is making good use of the powerplay, running fast and hitting sixes. So no matter what happens, you don’t want to leave Gill out.” Now that World Cup is nearing. My top 3 for team India. 1) Rohit Sharma (in form as well as captain) 2) Yashasvi Jaiswal (been saying that he should be there even before his 100 purely cos he was performing well for team India before the ipl) 3) Virat Kohli. (Shouldn’t be… — Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 23, 2024
