Kohli goes out of his way to back youngsters: Pathan points India captain's similarity with Ganguly
Cricket | Jul 20, 2020, 04:12 PM ISTPathan believes Virat Kohli is very similar to Sourav Ganguly when it comes to backing the youngsters.
Pathan believes Virat Kohli is very similar to Sourav Ganguly when it comes to backing the youngsters.
Most of the cricketers in India haven't been able to practise since March due to the countrywide lockdown imposed to contain the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.
For Ashish Nehra, Jimmy Anderson consistently bowling short of length was an indicator that even conventional swing was bit of a problem due to lack of saliva in the England-West Indies opener
The insult was however not in reply to any political comment made by Pathan but to an unrelated topic of him speaking about how he was converted from a pure fast bowler to an all-rounder.
Tendulkar, according to Pathan, had pitched the idea to then-captain Rahul Dravid before the first ODI between India and Sri Lanka in the 2005 series.
Rohit and Dhawan have batted in 107 innings as openers, scoring 4802 runs at 45.30, only behind the pair of Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly in terms of most runs scored by an opening combination.
In his nine-year-long illustrious career, Rohit has opened the innings 140 times scoring 7148 runs, the fourth-highest as an Indian and 12th overall.
Former Indian bowler Irfan Pathan talked about Rahul Dravid the captain.
Irfan also added that Dhoni eventually grew fond of spinners and realised the matches can be won with spin bowling.
Pathan said Rohit "always talk about sensible things" and that is why he is successful as a batsman as well as captain of IPL side Mumbai Indians.
Irfan last played for India in October 2012 at the age of 27 and announced his international retirement earlier this year.
Pathan hopes that IPL 2020 gets a go-ahead this season after being initially postponed due to the pandemic.
Earlier, Gambhir had reckoned that MS Dhoni would have broken many more records had he batted at No.3 in the Indian team.
Former Indian bowler Irfan Pathan has said that while the absence of crowd will be felt, it is more important to have live cricket action at the moment.
India last won an ICC tournament in 2013, when they lifted the Champions Trophy under the leadership of iconic Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Sammy has alleged that he and Sri Lanka's Thisara Perera were called "kalu" during their SRH days and that he wasn't aware of that word meant until now.
VVS Laxman on Friday paid tribute to former Indian pacer Irfan Pathan, who was a key member of the Indian team between 2004-2008.
Pathan contributed to the global debate around racism, saying "it is not just restricted to the skin colour" and one could also be racially abused due to his religion.
Irfan Pathan feels that any team, including an IPL one, will have to be careful with the bowlers, who would be more prone to injury having been out of action for more than two months.
Irfan Pathan revealed that Yousuf talked to his father before the tour and told him to pray that Irfan doesn't get his wicket.
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