Published 14:58 IST, May 18th 2020

Irfan Pathan furiously shuts down troll claiming Indian team axing was due to poor bowling

Irfan Pathan, who last played for India in October 2012, called time on his 16-year international career earlier this year in January.

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Former India cricketer Irfan Pathan is one of best all-rounders country has produced. Irfan Pathan was lethal with his swinging deliveries with new ball. He was more than handy with bat as he had ability to score quick runs. Irfan Pathan, who last played for India in October 2012, called time on his 16-year international career earlier this year.

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Irfan Pathan shuts down troll with epic reply

After Irfan Pathan hung his boots in January this year, many fans suggested that he should’ve played a bit more for India. His career was cut short after he was axed from national team. A Twitter user posted batting stats from Irfan Pathan's last matches in all three formats of game. He seemed to sarcastically call Irfan Pathan 'unfortunate' to have been axed from Indian team. Let's take a look at tweet.

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Irfan Pathan responded to tweet saying that it was a huge task to score an unbeaten 63 runs against lethal South African bowling force, which had likes of Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel during his last Test match. 

However, a fan, while responding to Pathan’s reply, opined that reason behind all-rounder’s ousting from Indian team was his poor bowling performance. Irfan went wicketless in that Test against South Africa in Ahmedabad and a fan stated that it was solitary reason behind Irfan’s exclusion from national squad.

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Irfan Pathan immediately responded to tweet and shut him down with an epic reply. Irfan Pathan said that he wasn’t only one who went wicketless in that Test. Furrmore, Irfan also reminded fan that he was awarded Player of Match in prior Test. He also took a jibe at fan saying that he probably wasn't born at that time.

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Post his retirement, Irfan Pathan has won lot of praise for his COVID-19 relief efforts back home in Baroda with bror Yusuf Pathan. Once pandemic ends and cricket begins, Irfan is expected to return as a cricket pundit for India's matches on a full-time basis.

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14:58 IST, May 18th 2020