Irfan Pathan has puzzled out loud on X (former often known as Twitter) if it’s a “fan battle” or a “PR foyer” that’s answerable for a flip of phrase he had utilized in an interview a number of years again being taken actually now and going viral on social media. Pathan stated that the video has surfaced with a “twisted context” to his assertion and likewise joked about it another posts on X as properly.
The clip in query is from an interview he had given to Sports activities Tak in Could 2020 the place he was talking about him getting dropped from the Indian group in 2008 whereas MS Dhoni was captain. Pathan says in Hindi within the clip that he doesn’t have a behavior of going to somebody’s room and organising their hookah for them, which is what was taken actually and went viral on social media on Wednesday.
“Half decade outdated video surfacing NOW with a twisted context to the Assertion. Fan battle? PR foyer?” says Pathan in his tweet on X.
Half decade outdated video surfacing NOW with a twisted context to the Assertion. Fan battle? PR foyer?
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) September 3, 2025
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Earlier than he put this submit out, Pathan had additionally joked in regards to the incident in a reply to a fan.
Mein or @msdhoni sath Beth kar pienge;)
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) September 3, 2025
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Pathan was participant of the match within the 2007 T20 World Cup closing during which India beat Pakistan by 5 runs and gained the title. The match was MS Dhoni’s first task as India’s captain in any format.
Whereas that marked a return to the highlight for Pathan, his profession by no means fairly hit the highs that it was projected to in his early years with the Indian group underneath the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid. Pathan performed 29 Assessments for India during which he took 100 wickets a a mean of 32.26 and scored 1105 runs at 31.57. In 120 ODIs, he took 173 wickets at 29.72 and scored 1544 runs at 23.99. He additionally took 28 wickets in 24 T20Is and scored 172 run within the format at a strike charge of 119.44 and common of 24.57.