MS Dhoni took over the India captaincy from Rahul Dravid and led India to success like never before. He to date remains the only skipper in the World to have won all three ICC limited-overs tournaments and the only batter to have scored 10000+ international runs in ODIs coming lower than no. 6 in the batting order.
Former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan has revealed that Gary Kirsten, the then coach of the Indian side, had explained to the former the reasons for his snub from the ODI series against New Zealand in 2009, and it seemed evident from his words that likely MS Dhoni had made the decision to drop him.
"Then I asked Gary sir why I had been dropped. If there was something I needed to improve, he could tell me, but I wanted to know the reason I was left out,” stated Irfan while speaking in a video of The Lallantop.
"The playing XI is decided by the captain’s choice. The decision rests with the captain, coach, and management. Dhoni was the captain at that time. I won’t get into whether that decision was right or wrong, because every captain has the right to run the team in his own way,” added Pathan.
Yusuf Pathan was picked over Irfan in the New Zealand ODI series
MS Dhoni was probably building a team for the next World Cup as he made several changes to the Indian lineup across different series played between 2009 and 2011.
Irfan Pathan had an impactful stay in the Indian ODI side
The Indian left-arm speedster, paired alongside Zaheer Khan, was a deadly combo for the batters, as India once possessed the most left-arm pacers, which they lack nowadays. They had the likes of Zaheer Khan, Irfan Pathan, RP Singh, and Ashish Nehra, who were all quality left-arm seamers.
Pathan played 29 Tests for India and averaged 33.89 with the bat, scoring 1305 runs with one hundred and seven fifties, while also ending with 100 wickets. In his ODI career, he played in 120 games for India and scored 1544 runs while also picking 173 wickets with the ball.
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