Irfan Pathan's emotional reply to brother Yusuf Pathan's heartfelt message wins fans over

Former India cricketer Irfan Pathan on Saturday anunced his retirement from all forms of game. Irfan had a memorable career with India claiming a Test hat-trick for India against arch-rivals Pakistan and was first in world to claim it in first over of match. He last donned India jersey in 2012 T20 World Cup group match against Sri Lanka.

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Yusuf Pathan's heartfelt mess for bror Irfan Pathan 

Yusuf Pathan remembered journey of both brors having played toger for first time at Jumma Masjid to winning 2007 T20 World Cup in South Africa. Yusuf took to his Twitter account and wrote that Irfan always held his head high during  ups and downs of his career. Irfan always kept smiling matter what situation was. All se memories of Irfan will stay with him forever.

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Irfan Pathan responds to bror Yusuf Pathan's wishes 

While several teammates extended ir best wishes to veteran all-rounder, his bror Yusuf Pathan took to Twitter to post a heartfelt te on his bror's retirement and congratulated him for his illustrious career. In reply, Irfan thanked his elder bror Yusuf in an emotional tweet on Sunday. Irfan and Yusuf are rare pair of brors to have played international cricket for India and are kwn to share a close bond with each or.

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Irfan Pathan retires

Irfan Pathan retired after playing international cricket for 16 years. He made his debut for India in Adelaide Test against Australia in 2003. Irfan was kwn as a bowler who could swing ball both ways. He went on to play 29 Tests, 120 ODIs, 24 T20Is and ended up with 301 international wickets in all formats. He also mand to score 2821 runs across formats with a Test hundred and 11 fifties in all.

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Irfan Pathan at ICC T20 World Cup 2007

Irfan Pathan played a crucial role in final of inaugural edition of T20 World Cup against Pakistan in 2007. He picked up 3 for 16 in his 4 overs in final and was named as Player of Match. Speaking to Republic TV, he called that moment 'special' and thought that he bowled really well throughout tournament. He wanted to make a match-defining moment for a long time and it came at right time. He added that it came when team needed it most, which was in a seesaw World Cup final against Pakistan. Post his retirement, Irfan is expected to continue mentoring  Jammu and Kashmir cricket team and his media commitments.