Irfan Pathan
Irfan Pathan — career overview
Irfan Pathan is a cricketer who represents India in international cricket as a bowling allrounder (Left Handed Bat, Left-arm fast-medium bowler). In international cricket Irfan Pathan has appeared in 29 Tests (1,105 runs at 31.57, with 1 hundred and 6 fiftys); 120 ODIs (1,544 runs at 23.39, with 5 fiftys); 24 T20Is (172 runs at 24.57). With the ball, Irfan Pathan has taken 381 international wickets across formats. Full batting and bowling records, recent form and milestones are shown below. Compare Irfan Pathan with other players using the player comparison tool, or see where India rank in the latest ICC rankings.
Batting & Fielding
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 29 | 40 | 5 | 1105 | 102 | 31.57 | 2076 | 53.23 | 1 | 6 | 131 | 18 |
| ODI | 120 | 87 | 21 | 1544 | 83 | 23.39 | 1941 | 79.55 | - | 5 | 142 | 37 |
| T20I | 24 | 14 | 7 | 172 | 33 | 24.57 | 144 | 119.44 | - | - | 9 | 7 |
| IPL | 103 | 82 | 29 | 1139 | 60 | 21.49 | 946 | 120.41 | - | 1 | 87 | 37 |
Bowling
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5W | 10W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 29 | 54 | 5884 | 3226 | 100 | 7/59 | 12/126 | 32.26 | 3.29 | 58.8 | 7 | 2 |
| ODI | 120 | 118 | 5855 | 5143 | 173 | 5/27 | 5/27 | 29.73 | 5.27 | 33.8 | 2 | - |
| T20I | 24 | 23 | 462 | 618 | 28 | 3/16 | 3/16 | 22.07 | 8.03 | 16.5 | - | - |
| IPL | 103 | 101 | 2043 | 2649 | 80 | 3/24 | 3/24 | 33.11 | 7.78 | 25.5 | - | - |
Format Performance
Batting — Runs & Average
Bowling — Wickets & Economy
Career Milestones
Irfan Pathan — Career Overview
Irfan Pathan is a bowling allrounder from India. Irfan bats left handed bat and bowls left-arm fast-medium. Genuine all-rounders are the most valued cricketers in the white-ball era — players who can shift the balance with both bat and ball and free their captain to pick an extra specialist. Workload management and form across both disciplines decide how often they make the eleven. India is one of the playing nations represented across the international and franchise calendar, with players drawn from the domestic system and the academy pathway into the senior side. International batting record — 29 Tests: 1,105 runs at an average of 31.57, strike rate 53.23 (1 hundred, 6 fiftys); 120 ODIs: 1,544 runs at an average of 23.39, strike rate 79.55 (5 fiftys); 24 T20Is: 172 runs at an average of 24.57, strike rate 119.44. International bowling — 100 wickets in Test at 32.26, economy 3.29 and 7 5-fer; 173 wickets in ODI at 29.73, economy 5.27 and 2 5-fer; 28 wickets in T20I at 22.07, economy 8.03. Domestic and franchise career — IPL: 1,139 runs in 103 matches. Career statistics in cricket are best read across formats: a Test average, an ODI strike rate and a T20I economy each tell a different part of the story, and modern selection often turns on how a player splits their time across red-ball and white-ball cricket within a packed annual schedule. Recent form, opposition strength and conditions at the venue also weigh heavily alongside the headline numbers. Our player database tracks Irfan Pathan's match-by-match appearances across the international and domestic calendar, with batting and bowling splits by format, opposition, venue and time period. Career milestones — highest score, best bowling figures, fastest fifty or hundred and notable franchise performances — sit alongside the running totals so the full arc of a career is easy to read in one view. On GeoCric you can dig into Irfan Pathan's career numbers, format-by-format breakdowns, batting and bowling averages, century and five-wicket counts, league appearances and recent form — refreshed against live match data and free to read.