Deliver Or Retreat

Irfan Pathan's poor show with the ball in the third Indo-Pak ODI where he went for around eight runs per over and was debarred from bowling for delivering two beamers, resurfaces the question, why is he still there in the squad, in spite of being visibly unfit? Though he managed to score a well-compiled half century, he is certainly not going to be kept in the squad when he is flayed to all parts of the ground and goes wicketless, and that too when the consistent domestic cricket performers like Ajit Agarkar and J.P. Yadav are waiting in wings. Irfan is still very young and considering the mine of talent that he has proved to be, he can certainly return to international cricket with a bang, after a regenerative break. Even captain Ganguly, though age is not in his side, can do the same.