Yusuf Pathan

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Yusuf Pathan
India
Personal information
Full name	Yusuf Khan Pathan
Born	17 November 1982 (1982-11-17) (age 25)
	Baroda (now Vadodara), Gujarat, India
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm off spin
Role	All-rounder
Relations	Irfan Pathan (half-brother)
International information
ODI debut (cap 172)	10 June 2008: v Pakistan
Last ODI	2 July 2008: v Pakistan
Only IT20 (cap 18)	24 September 2007: v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2001/02–present	Baroda
2008–present	Rajasthan Royals
Career statistics
	ODIs	FC	List A	IT20
Matches	7	33	60	21
Runs scored	28	1,579	1,389	530
Batting average	9.33	35.88	30.19	27.89
100s/50s	0/0	3/7	2/7	0/5
Top score	25	183	148	68
Balls bowled	234	6,150	2,351	241
Wickets	3	84	42	17
Bowling average	64.33	31.51	45.54	18.82
5 wickets in innings	0	7	2	0
10 wickets in match	n/a	1	n/a	n/a
Best bowling	1/9	6/47	5/52	4/10
Catches/stumpings	4/–	30/–	32/–	8/–
Source: CricketArchive, 04 October 2008

Yusuf Khan Pathan (born 17 November 1982 in Baroda) is an Indian cricketer. Pathan made his debut in first-class cricket in 2001/02. He is a hard hitting right handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. His half-brother Irfan Pathan is also an Indian cricketer. Though younger to Yusuf, it was Irfan who entered the Indian team first.

Following his impressive performances in the 2007 Deodhar Trophy and the Inter-state domestic Twenty20 competition held in April 2007, Pathan was made a part of the Indian squad for the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship, held in South Africa in September 2007. He made his Twenty20 international debut in the final against Pakistan. He opened the batting for India in the match, and scored 15 runs in the process.^[1]

After a good domestic season in 2007/08, he was signed by the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League for USD 475,000 (INR 1.9 crore). In the 2008 IPL season, he scored 435 runs and took 8 wickets. He recorded the season's fastest half century (from 21 balls) against the Deccan Chargers, and was also the Man of the Match in the final.

Following his good showing in the IPL, he was selected for the Indian one-day team^[2]. He made his One-Day International debut for India against Pakistan at Dhaka on 10 June 2008^[3].

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Player Profile: Yusuf Pathan from Cricinfo
• Player Profile: Yusuf Pathan from CricketArchive

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Persondata
NAME	Pathan, Yusuf Khan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Indian cricketer
DATE OF BIRTH	November 17 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH	Baroda (now Vadodara), Gujarati
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH