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Former Indian all -rounder Irfan Pathan has broken the silence after being suddenly excluded from the IPL 2025 commentary team. Recently, there were reports that Pathan was removed because he targeted the players on-air with his old differences. Irfan may not have named anyone, but it was believed that Rohit Sharma was also involved in it.
Irfan spoke openly on this controversy in ‘Lallantop’ show Guest in the Newsroom. He was directly asked that due to the comment on which player he was out of the IPL commentary? In response to this, he said that his job is to tell the truth to the audience and not to save the players.
“My responsibility to speak the truth in commentary”
Irfan Pathan said that the real work of the commentary is not just to tell about the events happening on the field, but the reason and impact behind it is also to reach the audience. According to Pathan, “If a player is playing well then it should be praised, and if the player’s performance is not good then it is also necessary to criticize. Our duty is not for the players, but for the audience.”
Comments on Rohit Sharma’s Test performance
Irfan admitted that he had questioned Rohit Sharma’s 2024/25 Test season. At that time, Rohit scored only 164 runs in 8 Tests. During this time, only one half -century came from his bat and his average was also very low. Pathan said that it was just an analysis based on his performance, not a personal attack on him. Pathan further said, “Rohit is the best ODI and T20 batsman, but his average was 6 in the Test. I only said that if he had not been a captain, he might not have a place in the Indian playing XI.”
Case of Sydney Test and ‘support’ Rohit ‘
Some time ago on Wednesday, an interview teaser went viral, claiming that commentators were forced to support Rohit, especially when Rohit Sharma took out himself from the Sydney Test against Australia.
According to Irfan, this was part of the cleaning on the question made out of his IPL commentary, which was shown in a different way. “People say that we had supported Rohit more than necessary, but when a guest comes on TV, you do not misbehave with him. Like you will call me, you will show respect. When you came, we also showed respect, we also showed that we said that we said that he said that he said that he said that he said that he said that he was They were not entitled to the place in the team.