PLAYER CAREER

Irfan Pathan

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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India2003–2012

173Internationals

2,821Career runs

1Centuries

301Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 29
Innings: 40
Runs: 1,105
Average: 31.57
Strike rate: 53.22
Highest score: 102
Not outs: 5
100s: 1
50s: 6
Ducks: 5
4s: 131
6s: 18
Balls faced: 2,076

Bowling

Matches: 29
Innings: 54
Balls: 5,884
Maidens: 212
Runs conceded: 3,226
Wickets: 100
Average: 32.26
Economy: 3.28
Strike rate: 58.84
Best innings: 7/59
Best match: 12/126
4 wickets: 2
5 wickets: 7
10 wickets: 2

Fielding

Matches: 29
Innings: 54
Catches: 8
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 8
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 8
Dismissals / inns: 0.148
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 120
Innings: 87
Runs: 1,544
Average: 23.39
Strike rate: 79.54
Highest score: 83
Not outs: 21
100s: 0
50s: 5
Ducks: 7
4s: 142
6s: 37
Balls faced: 1,941

Bowling

Matches: 120
Innings: 118
Balls: 5,855
Maidens: 53
Runs conceded: 5,142
Wickets: 173
Average: 29.72
Economy: 5.26
Strike rate: 33.84
Best innings: 5/27
Best match: 5/27
4 wickets: 5
5 wickets: 2
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 120
Innings: 118
Catches: 21
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 21
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 21
Dismissals / inns: 0.177
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

T20I

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 24
Innings: 14
Runs: 172
Average: 24.57
Strike rate: 119.44
Highest score: 33*
Not outs: 7
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 0
4s: 9
6s: 7
Balls faced: 144

Bowling

Matches: 24
Innings: 23
Balls: 462
Maidens: 1
Runs conceded: 618
Wickets: 28
Average: 22.07
Economy: 8.02
Strike rate: 16.50
Best innings: 3/16
Best match: 3/16
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 24
Innings: 23
Catches: 2
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 2
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 2
Dismissals / inns: 0.086
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

180 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2012-10-02	India v South Africa	T20I	India won by 1 runs
2012-09-30	India v Pakistan	T20I	India won by 8 wickets
2012-09-28	Australia v India	T20I	Australia won by 9 wickets
2012-09-23	England v India	T20I	India won by 90 runs
2012-09-19	Afghanistan v India	T20I	India won by 23 runs
2012-09-11	India v New Zealand	T20I	New Zealand won by 1 runs
2012-09-08	India v New Zealand	T20I	No result
2012-08-07	Sri Lanka v India	T20I	India won by 39 runs
2012-08-04	Sri Lanka v India	ODI	India won by 20 runs
2012-07-31	Sri Lanka v India	ODI	India won by 6 wickets
2012-07-28	Sri Lanka v India	ODI	India won by 5 wickets
2012-07-24	Sri Lanka v India	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets

India

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Runs by seasonTest · annual total

Wickets by seasonTest · annual total

Exact yearly figures · 6 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2008	3	6	147	46	36.75	64.19	0	0	19	1	229	4	8	39.25	3.47	67.75
2007	1	2	123	102	123.00	69.88	1	0	13	4	176	2	1	110.00	2.50	264.00
2006	7	9	274	90	30.44	58.42	0	2	29	5	469	13	18	49.66	3.69	80.72
2005	8	12	350	93	31.81	53.84	0	3	44	4	650	15	34	24.38	3.36	43.44
2004	9	10	210	55	23.33	38.96	0	1	25	4	539	18	38	24.18	2.83	51.15
2003	1	1	1	1	1.00	7.69	0	0	0	0	13	2	1	160.00	4.70	204.00

ODI

Runs by seasonODI · annual total

Wickets by seasonODI · annual total

Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2012	12	8	172	47	34.40	101.17	0	15	4	170	12	19	29.15	5.47	31.94
2011	1	1	4	4	4.00	40.00	0	0	0	10	1	2	21.00	4.66	27.00
2009	2	1	8	8	8.00	38.09	0	0	0	21	2	4	28.25	7.06	24.00
2008	19	13	223	38	18.58	72.40	0	18	2	308	19	21	42.90	5.80	44.38
2007	13	10	131	43	18.71	74.43	0	10	6	176	13	13	45.76	5.46	50.23
2006	23	21	393	65	23.11	73.45	2	47	7	535	23	35	25.37	5.05	30.11
2005	20	12	383	83	34.81	88.86	3	35	12	431	20	32	25.28	5.01	30.25
2004	26	20	229	38	19.08	79.23	0	17	6	289	26	42	28.59	5.12	33.50

T20I

Runs by seasonT20I · annual total

Wickets by seasonT20I · annual total

Exact yearly figures · 5 seasons

T20I archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2012	8	2	39	31	19.50	102.63	3	1	38	8	12	18.58	8.57	13.00
2009	6	5	73	33	36.50	158.69	4	4	46	6	4	41.00	9.11	27.00
2008	1	1	26	26	26.00	86.66	0	0	30	1	0	N/A	6.00	N/A
2007	7	6	34	20	17.00	113.33	2	2	30	7	12	15.25	7.03	13.00
2006	1	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	1	0	N/A	7.50	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

2003-12-12
First available scorecard
Test v Australia · Adelaide
2004-12-10
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v Bangladesh · Bangabandhu National Stadium
2005-09-20
Best recorded bowling · 7/59
Test v Zimbabwe · Harare
2007-12-08
Highest recorded innings · 102 runs
Test v Pakistan · M.Chinnaswamy Stadium
2012-10-02
Latest available scorecard
T20I v South Africa · R Premadasa Stadium