Irfan Pathan suggests farewell game between current team and retired players
A week after former Indian skipper MS Dhoni retired from international cricket, former all-rounder Irfan Pathan on Saturday (August 22) came with an interesting idea of conducting a farewell game for all those distinguished Indian players, who had retired from international cricket in the past few years.
Irfan Pathan, who had retired from all forms cricket in January this year, felt that it wouldn’t be a bad idea if he along with the likes of Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid played a “farewell game” against the current Indian side. Pathan also tweeted with his choice of XI.
Many people are talking about a farewell game for retired players who didn't get a proper send-off from the game. How about a charity cum farewell game from a team consisting of retired players vs the current Indian team? pic.twitter.com/diUiLXr9XQ
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) August 22, 2020
Apart from the above mentioned seven players, the other four in Pathan”s list are Ajit Agarkar, Pragyan Ojha, Yuvraj Singh and Zaheer Khan. However, it is highly unlikely that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will be able to arrange an exhibition match amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
(With inputs from agencies)
