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Irfan Pathan sets bowling record

February 05, 2004 12:09 IST

Left-arm medium pacer Irfan Pathan became the second youngest Indian to capture a four-wicket match haul when he returned the figures of 4 for 24 against Zimbabwe at Perth.

Pathan's maiden four-wicket haul came at the age of 19 years and 99 days. Among the Indians only Sachin Tendulkar has taken four wickets in a match at a younger age. Tendulkar was 18 years 182 days old while taking four for 34 against West Indies in a Wills Trophy match at Sharjah in 1991-92.

Pathan's effort was sufficient to win him Man of the Match award. He, in the course, became third youngest Indian player to win MoM award after Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh.

Youngest Man of the Match award winners in LOIs:

Age Bowler Figures Match Venue Date
16 Yrs 297 Days Talha Jubair 4-65 BD v SA Potchefstroom 03-10-02
18 Yrs 91 Days Waqar Younis 4-39 Pak v SL Hobart BO 15-02-90
18 Yrs 182 Days SR Tendulkar 4-34 Ind v WI Sharjah 22-10-91
18 Yrs 207 Days Mohd. Sheikh 4-36 Ken v BD Dhaka 24-03-99
18 Yrs 266 Days Wasim Akram 5-21 Pak v Aus Melbourne 24-02-85
18 Yrs 333 Days S Mushtaq 4-47 Pak v WI Sharjah 13-10-95
19 Yrs 8 Days DL Vettori 4-49 NZ v Zim Hamilton 04-02-98
19 Yrs 81 Days Aaqib Javed 7-37 Pak v Ind Sharjah 25-10-91
19 Yrs 99 Days IK Pathan 4-24 Ind v Zim Perth 03-02-04
19 Yrs 154 Days Umar Gul 5-17 Pak v BD Lahore 15-09-03
19 Yrs 161 Days ND Hirwani 4-43 Ind v NZ Sharjah 27-03-88
19 Yrs 289 Days TJ Friend 4-55 Zim v Ind Sharjah 22-10-00
19 Yrs 317 Days Abdur Razzaq 5-31 Pak v SL Sharjah 15-10-99

Youngest Man of the Match award winners in LOIs:

Age Player Match Venue Date
16 Yrs 217 Days Shahid Afridi Pak v SL Nairobi Gym 04-10-1996
17 Yrs 139 Days Aaqib Javed Pak v Ind Lahore 22-12-1989
17 Yrs 225 Days SR Tendulkar Ind v SL Pune 05-12-1990
18 Yrs 121 Days Imran Nazir Pak v Zim St.George's 15-04-2000
18 Yrs 143 Days T Odoyo Ken v Pak Nairobi Gym 02-10-1996
18 Yrs 162 Days Waqar Younis Pak v Ind Sharjah 27-04-1990
18 Yrs 266 Days Wasim Akram Pak v Aus Melbourne 24-02-1985
18 Yrs 300 Days Yuvraj Singh Ind v Aus Nairobi Gym 07-10-2000
18 Yrs 312 Days Salim Elahi Pak v SL Gujranwala 29-09-1995
18 Yrs 364 Days PR Adams SA v Eng East London 19-01-1996
19 Yrs 17 Days PA de Silva SL v NZ Colombo PSS 03-11-1984
19 Yrs 20 Days Ata-ur-Rahman Pak v UAE Sharjah 17-04-1994
19 Yrs 40 Days DL Vettori NZ v Zim Auckland 08-03-1998
19 Yrs 99 Days IK Pathan Ind v Zim Perth 03-02-2004

Rajneesh Gupta