Path-breaker
Pathan
He has brought a new swing to Indian bowling. He is applauded for his
consistent delivery and performance. Even cricket icons marvel at his
bowling control and accuracy. M.S. Unnikrishnan writes
about 19-year-old bowler Irfan Pathan, the new wonder in the cricket
world.
Fortune swings
his way
WHEN
it was difficult to get even two square meals a day, cricket was
farthest from the scheme of things in the Pathan household. A family of
five, living in a one-room space in a masjid, couldn’t afford
to have many wants. As a muezzin in a masjid in Baroda, Mehboob
Khan was paid Rs 1200 a month, with which he had to look after his wife
Shamim Bhano, and three children — two boys and a girl. |
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