Former Team India all-rounder Irfan Pathan is not seen doing commentary during IPL 2025 these days. Irfan Pathan has been a regular member of the commentary panel in IPL since retiring from cricket, but this time it did not happen.

Former Team India all-rounder Irfan Pathan is not seen doing commentary during IPL 2025 these days. Irfan Pathan has been a regular member of the commentary panel in IPL since retiring from cricket, but this time it did not happen. According to media reports, Irfan Pathan has been dropped from the commentary panel for IPL 2025 due to complaints from several Indian cricketers. Irfan Pathan has been accused of running his personal agenda during live commentary.

Irfan dropped from commentary panel

According to a Times of India report, Irfan Pathan has been dropped from the commentary panel of IPL 2025 as the broadcasters were not happy with the personal agenda being run by him on-air and on his social media handles. The report quoted a BCCI source as saying, 'Irfan Pathan had a quarrel with some players a few years ago. Since then, he has not shied away from commenting on them aggressively. Irfan Pathan is accused of targeting those players on social media, even though he has not named them.'

Sanjay Manjrekar was also shocked

Let us tell you that 40-year-old Irfan Pathan has launched his own YouTube channel 'Sidhi Baat with Irfan Pathan' on March 22. He will do in-depth analysis of the game on it. However, Irfan Pathan is not the first high-profile player to be removed from the responsibility of commentary. In 2020, former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar was removed from the commentary panel for India's ODI series against South Africa by the BCCI for his controversial remarks on Ravindra Jadeja during the 2019 ODI World Cup.

Irfan Pathan's career

Irfan Pathan started his cricket career for India in 2004 with a bang. Irfan Pathan's bowling had amazing swing, due to which it was very difficult to play him. Irfan Pathan is the only bowler in India who has achieved the feat of taking a hat-trick in the first over itself. Irfan Pathan has played 29 Test matches, 120 ODIs and 24 T20 Internationals for the Indian team. Irfan Pathan has been a member of the 2007 T20 World Cup-winning Team India.