IPL: Best retired XI in the history of the league
These legends have now walked into the sunset, but their deeds will be remembered with a great sense of fondness.
7. Irfan Pathan
At No.7, we have a man who was extremely useful with both the bat and ball in hand. Irfan Pathan is a cricketer who has loads of experience in the IPL. Pathan played 103 matches in the IPL, and picked up 80 wickets at a strike rate of 25.54. With the bat too, Pathan was a handy customer and scored 1139 runs at an average of 21.49.
Pathan kept moving from one franchise to another in his IPL career, and took the field for as many as 5 different sides. He started out with Kings XI Punjab, then moved on to the Delhi outfit, spent a year each with Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rising Pune Supergiant, before finally ending his career with the Gujarat Lions in the year 2017.
In his final IPL edition, he featured in just one match for the Gujarat Lions side. After his cricketing days, Pathan has donned the role of an actor and will be seen opposite Chiyaan Vikram in the Tamil film Cobra.
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