India's 2007 World T20 Winning Team: Where are they now? 

#8 Irfan Pathan

Irfan Pathan's career, for a man who was once touted as the next Garfield Sobers, is a story of immense unfulfilled potential, misfortune, and untimely injuries. The man who holds the distinction of being one of the only players to open the batting and the bowling in the same Test match played his last international match in the format in April 2008, less than a year after the World T20 final of 2007.

Later that year, he was dropped from the ODI and T20 international sides as well and would remain overlooked by the national selectors for the next three to four years. However, a return to fitness and form, along with a fruitful IPL and Ranji Trophy season, saw Pathan receive a recall to the Indian set-up in December of 2011. But it was not meant to be, for one of the most talented all-rounders in the history of Indian cricket would end up being dropped again a few months later, presumably having played his last international match.

Despite the tumult in his international career, Pathan remained an extremely valuable commodity in the IPL, turning out for the Kings XI Punjab in the first three seasons, the Delhi Daredevils in the next three, and a host of other teams thereafter. However, for the last few seasons, the younger Pathan has gone unsold in the auction, and it seems certain that his IPL career is also over.

Further, after being dropped by the Baroda domestic team, he switched teams to Jammu and Kashmir, and it seems certain that a player who was meant for so much more is destined to finish his career playing in the lower rungs of domestic cricket.