A year after his elder brother
Yusuf Pathan joined politics and went on to win from the Baharampur Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal's Murshidabad district for the
Trinamool Congress, younger brother
Irfan Pathan, too, has shown interest in following his brother's path.
Yusuf Pathan had defeated Congress veteran Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who had been winning the Baharampur constituency since 1999 and had consecutively won Lok Sabha elections.
Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!During a recent interview with The Lallantop, when the anchor coaxed Irfan Pathan about whether he is interested in joining politics, the former India all-rounder said: "
Aapko lagta hai aana chahiye? (Do you think I should join?)"
He then made it more specific and stated: “
Mai jo bhi karoonga apni zindagi mey... aage jaa ke ya abhi hamesha difference paida karne ke liye karoonga aur agar nahi kar paaya toh nahi karoonga (Whatever I do in my life—whether now or in the future—I will always do it to make a difference. And if I cannot make a difference, then I won’t do it at all).”
Pathan played 29 Tests, 120 ODIs and 24 T20Is, claiming 301 international wickets before retiring in 2020.
He burst onto the international scene in 2003 as a teenager, drawing comparisons with Wasim Akram. At his peak, he could swing the new ball prodigiously and contribute vital runs down the order, earning comparisons with Kapil Dev. His hat-trick against Pakistan in the 2006 Karachi Test remains historic. A match-winning spell in the 2007 T20 World Cup final cemented his reputation as a big-match player.
Whether he will join politics or not, only time will tell, but the 40-year-old has certainly teased fans about his future.
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