Exclusive Interview (Part 1): Irfan Pathan reflects on his career, best wickets, selector’s ‘silliest’ comment

The Baroda left-hander, in an exclusive interview with Asianet Newsable , reflected on his international career, a selector’s “silliest” comment, how the World T20 win changed world cricket, IPL’s best franchise, his father’s legacy and more. Asianet Newsable: Irfan, how are you keeping yourself busy during the lockdown due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country? AN: Would you like to talk about the charity work you have been doing and also helping the needy during these difficult times due to the coronavirus (COVID-19)? When he used to earn only Rs 3,500 per month after working 14 hours a day, then too he used to donate money to people. AN: Looking back at your international career, are you a satisfied man or do you always feel you could have achieved a lot more? AN: One of the best memories of that 2003-04 Australia tour is you getting Adam Gilchrist bowled with a superb inswinging yorker in Sydney. Irfan: A lot of people talk about (Adam) Gilchrist bowled wicket. I haven’t talked about it as much people have spoken about my Test hat-trick (Salman Butt, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf). Conditions were good to bowl and taking three wickets in three balls in the first over of a Test, this memory will be with me forever. In terms of how the franchises are managed, CSK (Chennai Super Kings) has been wonderful.