New Delhi: All-rounder Irfan Pathan on Saturday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
The bowling all-rounder has played 29 Tests, 120 ODIs and 24 T20Is for India, picking a total of 301 international wickets.
He last played for India in a T20I against South Africa on October 2, 2012 in Colombo in the 2012 World T20.
Some of his best moments as a bowler came against Pakistan – a first-over Test hat-trick in 2006, a man of the match performance in the 2007 T20 WC final, among many others.
The left-arm pacer made his debut as a 19-year-old, in Adelaide against Australia in December 2003 and quickly rose to become a regular across formats in the Indian setup following an impressive show on the tour of Pakistan in 2004.
In 29 Tests, he averaged 31.57 with the bat, including a century and six fifties in 40 innings. In ODIs and T20Is, he averaged 23.39 and 24.57 respectively.
One of his best all-round performances came against Australia in Perth, where he won the Man of the Match in India’s historic victory during the 2007-08 tour.
Pathan, who started his domestic career for Baroda, last appeared in a competitive game in February 2019 during the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy for Jammu and Kashmir.
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