Javed Miandad comments upset my father during Pakistan tour, reveals Irfan Pathan

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MUMBAI: Former India allrounder Irfan Pathan has revealed his father got upset once at Pakistani legend Javed Miandad for his comments on the fast bowler.

During the India tour of Pakistan in 2003-04, Miandad, who was the coach of Pakistan then, had said that bowlers like Pathan can be found on any street in Pakistan. The remark left Irfan's father displeased and he wanted to meet Miandad in the dressing room after the Test series was over.

"I remember Javed Miandad saying something like bowlers like Pathan are there in every street of Pakistan. My father, I remember, reading that news, he didn't like it at all. I remember in the last game as well, he came to Pakistan, he came to me and said 'I want to go to the dressing room of Pakistan and meet Javed Miandad' and I said 'I don't want you to go there'."

"As soon as Miandad saw my father, he stood up and said, 'no I didn't say anything about your son. My father had a smirk on his face and said, 'I didn't come here to say anything to you. I wanted to meet you as you were a wonderful player'," said Irfan Pathan on a television show.

The Sourav Ganguly-led side won the Tests 2-1 and the ODIs 3-2. Talking about his experience of touring Pakistan, Irfan said he was really pleased with the hospitality of the neighbours. "The food, the cricket, the dressing room stories, Sachin paaji asking me to sing a song after winning the series and small little things and the whole team was playing like a unit, it was wonderful," Irfan added.

Former India pacer Ashish Nehra also spoke about the series. "Those six weeks he was hitting sixes left right and centre there was no doubt about it. Virender Sehwag triple hundred, Rahul Dravid double hundred, Irfan Pathan performance, all that is there but to me off the field, Pakistan, the nation as a whole and Lakshmipathy Balaji in the dressing room," said Nehra.

"I still remember Javed Miandad inviting all of us to his house and that food in his house was amazing, I still remember it," Nehra added.

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[Hawkeye]

Those were some of the best days for any cricket fan in the two countries.

What a time.

Can't believe.

A tour like that happening again seems so unlikely now. Why can't we have good things.

 

[TeymurBlake]

That was a great series. I remember that first ODI, India 349-7 Pakistan replied by 343 just losing by 6 runs and this was 2004.

 

[Markhor]

That was a great series. I remember that first ODI, India 349-7 Pakistan replied by 343 just losing by 6 runs and this was 2004.

It was an incredible effort given chases of 350 were inconceivable back then and we very nearly pulled it off.

Irfan Pathan looked set to be a superstar then but his career trajectory really took a downturn.

 

[TeymurBlake]

It was an incredible effort given chases of 350 were inconceivable back then and we very nearly pulled it off.

Irfan Pathan looked set to be a superstar then but his career trajectory really took a downturn.

Exactly, 350 in 2004 was unheard of. The crowd, the players and the time was epic. God those were the days.

 

[Zaz]

It was an incredible effort given chases of 350 were inconceivable back then and we very nearly pulled it off.

Irfan Pathan looked set to be a superstar then but his career trajectory really took a downturn.

That game shouldve been won, at one point 45 off 32 were needed with 6 wkts in hand and then 28 off 21 with 5 wkts in hand

 

[Bewal Express]

That ODI in Karachi is the amongst the best ever played between the 2. The way Sehwag mauled the PK bowlers at the start, the way the PK fought back, and were on top and great last few overs by Ind to win made that game one the best ever to be played between the 2.

 

[Pakistanian]

I don't like Miandad, he's got a cynical personality like MoYo however Irfan Pathan's dad is overreacting in this case.

 

[Bleedgreen4ever]

Series in Pakistan are always much much more exciting than the ones played in India.

Pakistan as a nation is a better host overall and has better sports man spirit. The incident in 2009 hurt us badly but I do hope India tour and get thrashed.

 

[Ab Fan]

Irfan Pathan was a fantastic ODI bowler India had. Shame he was asked to focus on his batting and he ended up losing his bowling charm. His bowling was very aesthetically pleasing on eyes as well.

Even though he was a unfulfilled career, he ended up with good numbers with about 175 ODI wickets in 120 matches at average under 30. He was also player of match in the famous Perth test win in 2007.

 

[Zaz]

Irfan Pathan was a fantastic ODI bowler India had. Shame he was asked to focus on his batting and he ended up losing his bowling charm. His bowling was very aesthetically pleasing on eyes as well.

Even though he was a unfulfilled career, he ended up with good numbers with about 175 ODI wickets in 120 matches at average under 30. He was also player of match in the famous Perth test win in 2007.

He was also a very useful lower order batsman Was he hard done by that he didnt play more than he did?

 

[Ab Fan]

He was also a very useful lower order batsman Was he hard done by that he didnt play more than he did?

His primary skill i.e. bowling started fading away the more he focussed on his batting. It all happened during Greg Chappell reign when Chappell tried to bring out an all-rounder inside Irfan. He was made to open the batting on occasions or even bat at no.3 in ODI games, all this hampered his bowling and he no longer was a potent swing bowler. He never had the pace and eventually started fading away.

However, during his early days, he was a brilliant swing bowler, very exciting to watch and was a very sharp personality.

 

[ahmedzee]

That was an amazing series and I wish relations between Pakistan and India can go that way. I wasn't upset Pakistan losing the series as they won the hearts of all the Indians who visited Pakistan.

 

[ammar_merry]

His primary skill i.e. bowling started fading away the more he focussed on his batting. It all happened during Greg Chappell reign when Chappell tried to bring out an all-rounder inside Irfan. He was made to open the batting on occasions or even bat at no.3 in ODI games, all this hampered his bowling and he no longer was a potent swing bowler. He never had the pace and eventually started fading away.

However, during his early days, he was a brilliant swing bowler, very exciting to watch and was a very sharp personality.

Another reason was the action change as he lost the banana swing.

 

[gazza619]

Well to be perfectly honest Pathan was a bowler who at times performed well above his weight both with the bat and ball and full credit to him for working so hard.

As for Miandad’s comments, it was a cheap banter that one can have with their mates, not on media.

Sorry to saw but Pathan was an ordinary bowler and became even more ordinary once he lost his swing.

 

[chacha kashmiri]

Irfan khan was a great talent, his brother yusuf pathan was an even bigger force and played for hyderabad

During the 2007 would cup Pakistan could well have done with a pathan when he had the likes of razzaq and gul as our bowling attack

 

[sweep_shot]

Miandad was right but that was an unnecessary comment.

Pathan has had his moments but he never quite cemented his legacy.

 

[Bhaijaan]

That was a great series. I remember that first ODI, India 349-7 Pakistan replied by 343 just losing by 6 runs and this was 2004.

It was an incredible effort given chases of 350 were inconceivable back then and we very nearly pulled it off.

Irfan Pathan looked set to be a superstar then but his career trajectory really took a downturn.

Funny thing is , 349 seemed like such a MASSIVE disappointment after Sehwag-Tendulkar had gone out all guns blazing. I actually missed out first 8 overs as I had school. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the scorecard. Tendulkar was smashing Akhtar, Sehwag tearing apart Naved ul Hasan. I have never felt that sort of electricity

India were going at 10 an over inside first 15 and like 9 an over till 30th over.

 

[liam26]

Funny thing is , 349 seemed like such a MASSIVE disappointment after Sehwag-Tendulkar had gone out all guns blazing. I actually missed out first 8 overs as I had school. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the scorecard. Tendulkar was smashing Akhtar, Sehwag tearing apart Naved ul Hasan. I have never felt that sort of electricity

India were going at 10 an over inside first 15 and like 9 an over till 30th over.

Dravid slowed down in the middle overs as he usually did most of the times in Odis. He was never a free flowing batsman like Tendulkar and very Williamsonesque in the Odis. A knock of 99 in around 105-106 balls after the platform that was set by Sehwag-Tendulkar was a very average knock.

Players like AB, Butler, Morgan would score a ton in 60 deliveries and take the score past 400 after the openers set up a good platform.

 

[Bhaijaan]

That was a great series. I remember that first ODI, India 349-7 Pakistan replied by 343 just losing by 6 runs and this was 2004.

Dravid slowed down in the middle overs as he usually did most of the times in Odis. He was never a free flowing batsman like Tendulkar and very Williamsonesque in the Odis. A knock of 99 in around 105-106 balls after the platform that was set by Sehwag-Tendulkar was a very average knock.

Players like AB, Butler, Morgan would score a ton in 60 deliveries and take the score past 400 after the openers set up a good platform.

That's bit harsh.

We had a much much better middle-lower middle order in 2000s than we have had in late 2010s and today.

Jadhav, MSD vol 2, Shankar, Rayudu would have made a bigger mess of it.

 

[Romali_rotti]

Javed was right, back in those days Pakistan would have had a lot of Irfan Pathans on their streets..

 

[Bigboii]

Javed was right, back in those days Pakistan would have had a lot of Irfan Pathans on their streets..

Yo wth you talkin about bro?? I'm confused why seriously!