Sachin Tendulkar advised captain Rahul Dravid to promote me, not Greg Chappell – Reveals Former India cricketer Irfan Pathan

Irfan Pathan has uncovered that it was Sachin Tendulkar who exhorted the then-skipper Rahul Dravid. It was for elevating the all-rounder to No.3 spot in the batting request. Pathan's rise to No.3 was a move that didn't deliver profits. And the brunt of the equivalent has regularly been borne by Greg Chappell.

In the wake of beginning as an intemperate swing bowler who could tonk the ball down the request; Irfan Pathan, with time, kept on indicating increasingly more guarantee with the bat. And this implied once in a while, he was used as a special hitter up the request. His first trip at the No.3 spot yielding 83 runs - versus Sri Lanka in 2005. It implied that the possibility of him batting up top was an idea too alluring to even think about turning down. And by mid-2006, he turned into a standard element at the No.3 spot. The fire, in any case, began to bite the dust with time. And after very nearly 20 thumps at the head of the request, Pathan was downgraded back to the lower request; this move, unexpectedly, concurred with his decrease as a cricketer.

Previous lead trainer of the Indian group Greg Chappell has frequently been accused of 'superfluously' advancing Pathan and crushing his profession, yet the 35-year-old explained that it was, truth be told, Sachin Tendulkar who proposed the plan to send him up the request.

“It’s not true that Greg Chappell spoiled my career” – Reveals Irfan Pathan

"I had said this after I had announced my retirement as well. Those who talk about Greg Chappell spoiling my career, by sending me as an allrounder at No. 3 and all these things… Actually, it was Sachin paaji’s idea. He advised Rahul Dravid to send me at No. 3. He said ‘he (Irfan) has the power to hit sixes, can take on the new ball and can play the fast bowlers well too,” said Pathan, speaking on Raunak Kapoor's  Youtube show  'Beyond the Field', reported Times Now.

India went separate ways with Greg Chappell post the 2007 World Cup. And the Aussie has since been accused of destroying Indian cricket. Because of his treatment of senior cricketers, explicitly Ganguly, yet Pathan hurried to the barrier of the previous mentor. The 35-year-old all-rounder expressed that Chappell was being focused on. And he utilized as a substitute as it was simple for individuals to do it. This was because of the way that he's not an Indian.

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