Irfan Pathan
Pathan was born 27 October 1984 in Baroda, Gujarat, India and is of Pashtun (Pathan) ancestry, belonging to the Pathan community in Gujarat. He grew up with his elder brother Yusuf in a mosque in Vadodara, in an impoverished family. His father served as the muezzin. Although their parents wished them to become Islamic scholars, Pathan and his brother took an interest in cricket. Their games on the grounds off and inside the mosque often necessitated apologies from their father to Muslim worshippers who visited it. In the beginning his deliveries did not reach the other end of the cricket pitch, but rigorous six-hour training sessions in blazing heat and his family's sense of discipline saw him progress steadily.
Irfan Ismail (cricketer, born 1992)
Irfan made his limited-overs debut the following month, playing five matches for the Quetta Bears in the Royal Bank of Scotland Cup. Despite his young age, he served as the side's captain, with wicket-keeper Bismillah Khan as his vice-captain. Irfan took seven wickets during the tournament, with his best figures 3/57 from ten overs against the Abbottabad Rhinos. In a later match, against the Karachi Dolphins, he made his highest score, 17 runs from 22 balls. The Dolphins had earlier scored 364/2 from their 50 overs, with Irfan's opposing captain, Khalid Latif, making 204 not out, a rare one-day double century.