Twitterati trend Irfan Pathan after he finally gets to bowl 3 overs in RPS-DD clash

All-rounder Irfan Pathan, who has been out of the Indian team for quite some time now, enjoys cult following amongst fans of Indian cricket. The left-hander from Baroda was once considered the next Kapil Dev of Indian cricket, but injuries and inconsistency reduced him to a domestic cricketer for large part of his career.

Picked by the Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS) for the ninth season of Indian Premier League (IPL), Pathan was expected to play a big role for the franchise as he was coming from a successful Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy. But just like his previous IPL outings for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) under MS Dhoni, Pathan was left out of the squad match after match for inexplicable reasons.

On Tuesday, when he finally got to play back-to-back games for RPS, his fans enjoyed his spell of three overs. Pathan had not bowled three overs up to this point in IPL 9. After Delhi Daredevils’ (DD) innings, his fans started trending him with tweets on him getting to bowl three overs. Recently, Sunil Gavaskar had blasted Dhoni for poor handling of Pathan. The resentment of the same among his fans was visible when they tweeted. Check some selected tweets here:

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Irfanpathankesamarthanme
.doggy ayamaidanme. #RPSvDD

— razakhan bawa(@WasimRazaKhan8) May 17, 2016

Seeing IrfanPathanbowl reminded me of the time when indiaused 2 win matches becozof his bowling.
Nostalgic!!
Well bowled @IrfanPathan

— Hardik(@Hardik0108) May 17, 2016

I don't know why, but #Dhoni always confuses me. At one end he looks all selfless at another end all egoistic. Sad for IrfanPathan. #RPSvDD

— ShubhamKabra(@kabrasshubh) May 17, 2016

@KyaUkhaadLega
IrfanPathanmisfieldsfor 4
Dhoni: Next CeatTyre StratergicTime Out kebaadtudropped. Dug out chalejaiyyo

— SpiderBuoy(@PichukPichuk) May 17, 2016

The deflection of MSD’s gloves distracted IrfanPathan. Hence, the misfield. #DhonisFault

— HitmanCricket (@HitmanCricket) May 17, 2016

The lacklusterfielding effort from IrfanPathansums up why Dhonihas NOT backed him in the last 2-3 years. Talent – yes, Fitness- None

— Gav_Joshi_Aus(@Gampa_cricket) May 17, 2016

IrfanPathanis much better then any other all rounder in #RPS but chodudhonikokonsamjhaye#DDvRPS

— DilMein Sultan (@Ghatak_tweets) May 17, 2016

“महेन्द्रसंघीधोनी” नेभारतीयटीममेंभीसंघवादलागूकररखाहैऔरआईपीएलमेंभी..
उसकीटीममेंमुस्लिमनहींमिलेंगेआपको।

IrfanPathan#aR

— A Razique(@arsheikh_kgn) May 17, 2016

IrfanPathanmust be feeling like Bhurafrom Lagaan, he sacrifice his wicket for his captain MS Dhoni.#KKRvRPS

— Sunil- The Cricketer (@1sInto2s) May 14, 2016

IrfanPathanshould look for the positives: at least he got a game and got run out by no less than the captain.#KKRvRPS

— Gaurav Sethi(@BoredCricket) May 14, 2016

AtleastDhoni's Team RPS Bought IrfanPathan. Otherwise You Guys Would Have Missed The Chance To See Him Even In Dug Out's. #RPSVsDD

— Roopesh(@RoopeshSays) May 17, 2016

IrfanPathanmisfieldedand gave a Four ! Blame Dhonifor asking him to field there ! #RPSvsDD #IPl2016

— SujithSasidharan(@sujith1nonly) May 17, 2016

IrfanPathanis quite tall but @irbishi called him as Short Third man. (fielding position)

— Aravind(@netcitizen) May 17, 2016

ThiseraPerarabetter smoke a couple of sixes soon. Abysmal death bowling! To Chris Morris nonetheless. Why not IrfanPathan?

— AshwinSaravanan(@Ashwin_saravana) May 17, 2016

A clean slate for IrfanPathanin the 3 overs.

A cameo now will make his fans pretty happy.#IrfanPathan #IPL

— Sayantan(@Msayantan) May 17, 2016

I can just blame 1 person for the initial downfall of IrfanPathan& that’s Chappell.

— Nayab(@Nayab_18) May 17, 2016

Nice to see Dhoni giving Irfan Pathan a chance in all the unimportant matches. #DDvRPS

— Mockingbird. (@VerifiedBeer) May 17, 2016