It’s unfair to blame Greg Chappell for spoiling my career: Irfan Pathan
Six months after bidding adieu to all types of cricket, former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan has said that it will be mistaken accountable former Australian cricketer and former coach Greg Chappell for spoiling his profession.
The 35-year-old’s feedback got here throughout an interation with ESPNCricinfo presenter Raunak Kapoor on his channel Beyond The Field.
During the interplay, Pathan revealed that it was not Cheppell–who served as the top coach of the Indian workforce between 2005 to 2007- however legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar who pitched the thought of selling him to No.three spot.
Pathan stated that Tendulkar really useful the then skipper Rahul Dravid to maneuver him up within the batting line-up previous to the opening ODI towards Sri Lanka in 2005.
Though Pathan notched up a vital knock of 83 runs to assist India seal 152-run win over Lanka throughout that match, many believed that the workforce’s administration’s resolution to transform him into an all-rounder from the quick bowler was the explanation behind his decline of the worldwide profession.
“I had said this after I had announced my retirement as well. Those who talk about Greg Chappell spoiling my career, by sending me as an all-rounder at No. 3 and all these things. Actually, it was Sachin paaji’s idea.He advised Rahul Dravid to send me at No. 3. He said ‘he (Irfan) has the power to hit sixes, can take on the new ball and can play the fast bowlers well too,” Pathan stated.
Pathan additional stated that Chappell was made a punching bag as a result of he was not from India.
“It was tried for the first time in the series against Sri Lanka when Muralitharan was at his peak and the idea was to attack him as well. Dilhara Fernando back then had started the concept of the split-finger slower ball.Batsmen didn’t understand that too well, so the belief was if I could pull it off. It could work in our favour, especially since it was the first match of the series. It’s not true that Greg Chappell spoiled my career. Since he was not from India, it is easier to make him a punching bag,”
Meanwhile, Pathan described Chappell as a ‘misunderstood character’ in a rapid-fire spherical of the interplay.
Irfan made his worldwide debut for India throughout a Test match Australia at Adelaide Oval in December 2003.
During his enjoying profession, Pathan had featured in 29 Tests, 120 ODIs and 24 T20Is for the nationwide aspect, claiming a complete of 301 wickets throughout all codecs of the sport. Besides this, he additionally managed to notch up 2,821 runs, together with with a single hundred and 11 fifties.
He can be one of many three bowlers to have taken a hat-trick for India within the longest format of the sport and the primary one to seize it within the first over of the match.Irfan introduced retirement from all types of cricket in January 2020.
(With inputs from IANS).
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