Yusuf Khan Pathan (pronounced [pəʈʰaːn] born 17 November 1982) is an Indian former cricketer and politician of the Trinamool Congress. Pathan made his debut in first-class cricket in 2001/02. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. His younger brother, Irfan Pathan was also an Indian cricketer.[2] Pathan retired from all forms of cricket in February 2021.[3] He was a member of the Indian team that won both the 2007 T20 World Cup and the 2011 Cricket World Cup. As of June 2024, Pathan is a Member of Parliament from the Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency of West Bengal.[4]
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| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 4 June 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Baharampur | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Majority | 85,022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 17 November 1982 Vadodara, Gujarat, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Trinamool Congress (2024-present) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Irfan Pathan (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 172) | 10 June 2008 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 18 March 2012 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 18) | 24 September 2007 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 30 March 2012 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001/02–2019-20 | Baroda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Rajasthan Royals (squad no. 28) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2017 | Kolkata Knight Riders (squad no. 24) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (squad no. 17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 January 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal life
editYusuf Pathan was born in Baroda, Gujarat, to a Gujarati Pathan family.[5][6] He is the elder brother of Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan. He and Irfan did philanthropic work during COVID-19 pandemic by distributing face masks. Yusuf married Mumbai-based physiotherapist, Afreen. They have a son together.[7] He had been supporting "YAIF" and its mission "Youth Against Rape".
Career
editFollowing his impressive performances in the 2007 Deodhar Trophy and the Inter-state domestic Twenty20 competition held in April 2007, Pathan was made a part of the Indian squad for the inaugural ICC World Twenty20, held in South Africa in September 2007. He made his Twenty20 international debut in the final against Pakistan. He opened the batting for India in the match, and scored 15 runs in the process.[8]
Following his good showing in the IPL, he was selected for the Indian one-day team. After IPL, though he played all the games in the Kitply Cup and Asia Cup, he got to bat only four times and could not perform well with both bat and ball. He was later dropped from the series against Sri Lanka. He performed well in domestic circuit and impressed the selectors and was selected for the England ODI series in November. He scored a fifty off just 29 balls in the second ODI against England in Indore, on his 26th birthday.[9]
Yusuf had made his One Day International debut for India against Pakistan in Dhaka on 10 June 2008. He became a regular feature of the national One Day International team, but is yet to make his test debut.[10]
Even though Pathan could not repeat his first IPL performance in the second season, he was selected in the Indian team to play the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 championships in England. In the second of India's Super 8 matches, he made an unbeaten 33 from 17 balls against England. Despite his knock, the team lost the game and crashed out of the tournament without making it to the semi-finals. His rare international debut came in the final of the ICC World Twenty20 in 2007.
In late 2009, Pathan was dropped from the limited overs team after a series of unproductive performances.
In the final of the 2010 Duleep Trophy cricket tournament, Pathan scored a hundred in the first innings and a double hundred in the second and led his team West Zone to a three wicket win over South Zone. Pathan made 108 in the first innings and an unbeaten 210 from 190 balls in the second innings to help his team chase down a mammoth target of 536. This became a world record for the highest successful run chase in first-class cricket history.[11]
On 7 December 2010, Pathan's power hitting sealed a memorable 5-wicket win for India. Pathan clobbered the New Zealand attack with his aggressive innings, smashing an unbeaten 123 from 96 balls and shared an unbroken 133-run partnership with Saurabh Tiwary to guide India to a huge target of 316 with seven balls to spare and give the hosts a 4–0 lead in the series. He was named man of the match for this effort. The all-rounder clubbed seven fours and seven sixes on the way to his maiden one-day century to help the hosts overhaul New Zealand's challenging 315–7 with seven balls to spare at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.
At the awards distribution ceremony he stated that "this knock will boost my career". Indian captain Gautam Gambhir said "I have always said Pathan can finish games on his own, and that's what he did today, I had never seen something like this before. But I knew till the time Pathan was there, we would win the game."[12]
New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori said "It was a great game of cricket, we were in the game, but Pathan was pretty amazing and took the game away from us."
In the MTN ODI series against South Africa, before the 2011 World Cup, he gave a stand-out performance in a match in Pretoria where he scored a brilliant 105 in 70 deliveries (comprising 8 fours and 8 sixes). Even though India lost the match, his performance was complimented heavily.[13] During this knock, he reached his century off 68 balls which is the sixth-fastest by an Indian and the second-fastest by an Indian outside the subcontinent. Thanks to his stream of good performances, he made it to the Indian team for 2011 World Cup,[14] and also scored 100 for just 37 balls vs Mumbai Indians in IPL 2010. Though Yusuf did not have a great World Cup, he ended up having the winner's medal and the honor of holding the World Cup aloft.
He was named in the Indian team for 2012 Asia Cup to be held in Bangladesh.[15] He featured in the triangular series in Nairobi-Kenya and played for Baroda's team against Gujarat and Kenya international.
On 27 October 2017, Pathan was charged with an anti-doping violation, having had Terbutaline detected in his urine sample following a domestic T20 match earlier in the year. On 9 January 2018, Pathan received a 5-month suspension, backdated to 15 August 2017, leaving only 5 days remaining on his suspension following its official handing down.[16]
Indian Premier League
editAfter a good domestic season in 2007/08, he was signed by the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League for US$265,000 (INR 1.9 crore). In the 2008 IPL season, he scored 435 runs and took 8 wickets. He recorded the season's fastest half-century (from 21 balls) against the Deccan Chargers, and was also the Man of the Match in the final against the Chennai Super Kings. In May 2021, ESPNcricinfo ranked Pathan's match figures of three wickets for 22 runs, and his 56 runs from 39 balls as the greatest IPL performance in the history of the tournament.[17]
Yusuf Pathan was named as the vice-captain of Rajasthan Royals during IPL 3. On 13 March 2010, Pathan scored a century off 37 balls, in an Indian Premier League match against Mumbai Indians. The innings also included 11 consecutive hits to the boundary (6, 6, 6, 6, 4, 4, 6, 4, 4, 4, 4).
After that knock where he scored the fastest IPL century, his Rajasthan Royals skipper Shane Warne described his innings as one of the best innings he has ever seen in his career and also compared Yusuf Pathan with his country-mate Andrew Symonds as two of the cleanest hitters of the ball.
In the 2011 IPL auction, he was bought for $2.1 million by Kolkata Knight Riders and was retained by the Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 3.25 crores via the 'Right to Match' option in the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction 2014.[18]
On 15 May 2013, Yusuf Pathan became the first batsman to be given out for obstructing the field in Twenty20 cricket while playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 2013 against Pune Warriors India.[19]
On 24 May 2014, Yusuf hit the second-fastest 50 in IPL history doing it in a mere 15 balls. As a result, Kolkata Knight Riders ended up 2nd in the league table and won the title for the season.[citation needed]
In January 2018, he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2018 IPL auction. He played multiple good knocks that season including a vital 45 vs Chennai Super Kings in the final, though it was in a losing cause. After a dip in form in the 2019 season, he was released by Hyderabad ahead of the 2020 IPL auction.[20]
Other leagues
editYusuf Pathan plays for Bhilwara Kings in the Legends League Cricket.He has also played for TMC in the year 2024 for Men's National Cricket & Politics League [21]
Domestic cricket
editHe held the record of fastest 50 (in 18 balls) up to October 2015 in the Ranji Trophy. His record was broken by Bandeep Singh (in 15 balls).[22]
Cricket Academy of Pathans
editThe Cricket Academy of Pathans was jointly launched by Yusuf and Irfan Pathan. The academy has tied up with former India coach Greg Chappell and Cameron Tradell as chief mentors. They also appointed Huzaifa Pathan as a coach for the academy. Chappell coached the coaches of the academy.[23]
Political career
editPathan contested in the 2024 Indian general election from the Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency on a Trinamool Congress ticket and won, defeating incumbent Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of Indian National Congress by a margin of 85,022 votes.[4][24][25]
References
edit- ^ Yusuf Pathan's profile Archived 22 January 2023 at the Wayback Machine on Sportskeeda
- ^ "Yusuf dismissal divides opinion". Wisden India. 15 May 2013. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- ^ "Yusuf Pathan retires from all forms of cricket". CricBuzz. 26 February 2021. Archived from the original on 2 December 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ a b "General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024 Parliamentary Constituency 10 - Baharampur (West Bengal)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ Alikuzai, Hamid Wahed (October 2013). A Concise History of Afghanistan in 25 Volumes. Trafford Publishing. p. 607. ISBN 9781490714417.
Cricket is larjjely a legacy of British rule in Pakistan and India, and many Pashtuns have become prominent participants, such as Shahid Afridi, Imran Khan and Irfan Pathan.
- ^ "Munaf, Yusuf presented Eklavya award after 14 months' delay". Vadodara: Dainik Jagran. 6 June 2012. Archived from the original on 21 February 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
Pathan said, "As a Gujarati I am delighted to get this award and feel proud."
- ^ "I will dedicate an innings to my newborn son, says Yusuf Pathan". Mid-Day. 18 April 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- ^ "Lalchand Rajput appointed manager for Twenty20 World Cup". Archived from the original on 23 August 2007. Retrieved 6 December 2007.
- ^ "Yusuf and Ojha get maiden call-ups". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2008.
- ^ "Kitply Cup, 2nd Match:India v Pakistan at Dhaka, 10 June 2008. Yusuf scored his maiden international fifty against England on 17th November at Indore". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2008.
- ^ "Yusuf Pathan basks in 'innings of my career' | Cricket News | Global | ESPNcricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 16 March 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
- ^ "This innings could be the turning point of my life: Pathan". The Times of India. 8 December 2010. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ "A great feeling for the Pathan family". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
- ^ "Fear is Pathan's primary weapon". Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 February 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ^ "Sehwag, Zaheer rested, Sachin Tendulkar in Asia Cup squad – The Times of India". The Times Of India. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ "Yusuf Pathan gets back-dated ban for doping violation". ESPNcricinfo. 9 January 2018. Archived from the original on 23 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ "The greatest IPL performances, No. 1: Yusuf Pathan's 3 for 22 and 56 off 39 vs the Chennai Super Kings". ESPNcricinfo. 13 May 2021. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "IPL 7 Auction: Yusuf Pathan retained by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 3.25 crore". 12 February 2014.
- ^ "Hutton, Yusuf and obstructing the field". Wisden India. 16 May 2013. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- ^ "Where do the eight franchises stand before the 2020 auction?". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ "Legends League Cricket: Pathan brothers go ballistic as Bhilwara Kings make playoffs". Hindustan Times. 1 October 2022. Archived from the original on 27 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "द्रविड़-कोहली हैं मेरे हीरो, रणजी में फिफ्टी का नया रिकॉर्ड बनाने वाले बंदीप सिंह ने NDTV से कहा". एनडीटीवी खबर. 27 October 2015. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ "Pathan brothers launch Cricket Academy of Pathans". The Indian Express. 11 September 2014. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ India Today (10 March 2024). "Ex-Team India cricketer Yusuf Pathan among Trinamool's 42 Lok Sabha candidates". Archived from the original on 10 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ "Bullish Wins & Bearish Losses: Here are the key contests and results of 2024 Lok Sabha polls". Economic Times. 6 June 2024. Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
External links
edit- Yusuf Pathan at ESPNcricinfo
- Yusuf Pathan's Website
- Cricket Academy of Pathans Archived 5 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine