Irfan pathan on rohit sharma criticism: Former India fast bowler Irfan Pathan was expelled from the commentary team of IPL 2025. Some reports reported that they were removed for deliberately targeting the players and criticizing them due to personal problems. Rohit Sharma’s name was not taken at that time but he was a matter of discussion among the fans. Now Irfan spoke on this.

Irfan breaks silence on Rohit Sharma’s criticism

The 2024-25 season was not special for Rohit Sharma and he was seen struggling. For this reason, Irfan Pathan criticized his performance. Talking at the Lalantop show on the subject, Pathan said, ‘Rohit Sharma is a brilliant player of white ball but his average in Test cricket that year was 6. For this reason, we said that if Rohit Sharma was not a captain, he would not get a place in playing 11.

What did Irfan Pathan say when the IPL 2025 commentary team was removed from the commentary team?

Irfan Pathan was seen as a guest at the Lalantop show. He was asked which player was removed from the commentary of IPL due to criticism. In response, Pathan said that his job as a commentator is to tell the truth, not to save the players. Pathan said, ‘I think the work of commentators is to bring out the story that is not visible. We explain why this is happening and what can happen now. This is our job.

He further said, ‘If a player performs well, we will praise him. If they do not do this, then we will criticize them. The commentators have the responsibility of the fans, not the players. Irfan Pathan made it clear from his statement that he liked to tell the truth in the commentary and he cannot deliberately praise any player.

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