‘I was not a habit in the captain’s room hookah ..’, Irfan Pathan’s old statement about Dhoni once again in the discussion
An old statement by former Indian all -rounder Irfan Pathan is once again becoming increasingly viral on social media, in which he had taken a dig at former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Pathan had said that his focus was always on performing on the field, not to please the captain. This statement has come to light when the BCCI is in the discussion of making Dhoni a mentor of Team India.
A shocking statement of former Indian all -rounder Irfan Pathan in 2020 is once again in the headlines, in which he took a dig at his time captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. In the midst of the BCCI discussion of adding Dhoni as the mentor of the national team, this old interview of Pathan is becoming very viral on social media.
Irfan Pathan said in a conversation with Sports in 2020 that he was never a player who joined the personal things to get the grace of the captain. He had given a sharp statement saying, “I was not a habit to put a hookah in someone’s room or do something to please the captain. My attention was only on performing on the field.”
In fact, after 2012, Irfan Pathan’s career suddenly changed and was dropped from the team, while he also took five wickets against Sri Lanka. The same match proved to be his last ODI.
MS Dhoni used to select that players who set hukka for him, I denied and I got dropped – Irfan Pathan pic.twitter.com/tlbfpvyznu
– Popa 🇮🇳 (@rafalekohli) September 1, 2025
Pathan also revealed that there were reports in the media during the 2008 Australia series that Dhoni is not happy with his bowling. On this he spoke directly to Dhoni, and Dhoni assured him that there is no such thing. Pathan says that repeated cleaning was against his self-respect.
Irfan Pathan has played 29 Tests, 120 ODIs and 24 T20s for India. Along with contributing with the ball, he also performed brilliantly with the bat, including 100 Tests, 173 ODIs and 28 T20 wickets. Talking about batting, 1105 runs from 31.6 have been scored in Test, 1544 runs from 23.4 and 172 runs from 24.6 in T20.
