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Yusuf Pathan

Yusuf Pathan Born: November 17, 1982, Baroda, Gujarat, India Batting style: Right Handed-hand bat Bowling style: Off break Played for: India, Rajasthan Royals Roles played: AllRounder Yusuf Pathan always harbored a dream of making it to the national squad, a place which came faster to his younger half-brother, Irfan Pathan. A hard-hitting batsman, who wastes no time while at the crease, and a handy off-spinner, the younger Pathan was a hit in the Indian domestic Twenty20 and Deodhar Trophies. He will always consider himself lucky for his rare International debut which came in the final of the ICC World Twenty20 in 2007 where India won. Pathan played the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League for the Rajasthan Royals where he emerged one of the most successful players of the tournament with both the bat and ball. He scored the fastest half-century of the IPL in 21 balls and was a hit for consistently scoring runs at a brisk rate, relying mostly on boundaries. His success in the IPL led to a berth in the national squad.Yusuf plays at a crucial lower-middle-order position where he normally is expected to hit the ball from the word go. This is mainly why he hasn't shone as brightly in ODI cricket as he has done in the shortest format of the game. But his ability to clear the fence is undeniable and, along with Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh, he remains one of the cleanliest strikers of the ball India posses at the moment. Add to that, he is a handy off-spinner and his capabilities as a world-class all-rounder make him an asset any team would die to have.He scored fastest century in the IPL history. Biography written by No Name

Yusuf Pathan
Born: November 17, 1982, Baroda, Gujarat, India
Batting style: Right Handed-hand bat
Bowling style: Off break
Played for: India, Rajasthan Royals
Roles played: AllRounder

Yusuf Pathan always harbored a dream of making it to the national squad, a place which came faster to his younger half-brother, Irfan Pathan. A hard-hitting batsman, who wastes no time while at the crease, and a handy off-spinner, the younger Pathan was a hit in the Indian domestic Twenty20 and Deodhar Trophies. He will always consider himself lucky for his rare International debut which came in the final of the ICC World Twenty20 in 2007 where India won. Pathan played the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League for the Rajasthan Royals where he emerged one of the most successful players of the tournament with both the bat and ball. He scored the fastest half-century of the IPL in 21 balls and was a hit for consistently scoring runs at a brisk rate, relying mostly on boundaries. His success in the IPL led to a berth in the national squad.Yusuf plays at a crucial lower-middle-order position where he normally is expected to hit the ball from the word go. This is mainly why he hasn't shone as brightly in ODI cricket as he has done in the shortest format of the game. But his ability to clear the fence is undeniable and, along with Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh, he remains one of the cleanliest strikers of the ball India posses at the moment. Add to that, he is a handy off-spinner and his capabilities as a world-class all-rounder make him an asset any team would die to have.He scored fastest century in the IPL history.

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Batting & Fielding Averages


	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
ODIs	26	17	8	241	59*	26.77	234	102.99	0	2	18	11	6
T20Is	9	8	3	122	33*	24.40	71	171.83	0	0	6	9	5
First-class	35	54	6	1774	183	36.95	2061	86.07	4	8			36
List A	82	68	14	1737	148	32.16	1541	112.71	3	9			33
Twenty20	42	40	5	880	68	25.14	538	163.56	0	6	84	50	14

Bowling Averages


	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
ODIs	26	21	536	498	14	3/56	3/56	35.57	5.57	38.2	0	0	0
T20Is	9	5	89	118	4	2/23	2/23	29.50	7.95	22.2	0	0	0
First-class	35		6473	2854	89	6/47		32.06	2.64	72.7	3	7	1
List A	82		2809	2342	59	5/52	5/52	39.69	5.00	47.6	1	2	0
Twenty20	42	33	534	676	28	4/10	4/10	24.14	7.59	19.0	2	0	0