Cricket Academy of Pathans
The Cricket Academy of Pathans is a cricket academy in Vadodara, Gujarat. The academy was jointly launched by Irfan Pathan and Yusuf Pathan.Also CAP is part of 12 Cities like New Delhi,Noida,Patna,Surat etc.The academy has tied up with former India coach Greg Chappell and Cameron Tradell as chief mentors. It is considered as a failed operation by many cricket critics. Chappell would coach the coaches of the Academy.
It has many branches over India including Ludhiyana,Panjab; Kota, Rajasthan; Patna, Bihar; Ranchi, Jharkhand; Bangalore, Karnataka etc.
Irfan (actor)
Irfan made his acting debut with the television serial "Kana Kaanum Kaalangal", a school based drama aired in STAR Vijay. He consequently got an opportunity to appear in the reality dance show "Jodi Number One" on the same channel and finished in third place with Monisha Ravishankar in the show's second season. He went on to perform his first movie titled "Pattalam" along with his co-actors from "Kana Kaanum Kaalangal". He also appeared in a supporting role in "Eppadi Manasukkul Vanthai" (2012) before landing up in his debut solo role in "Sundaattam" (2013), a film based on carrom gambling in Royapuram area in North Chennai. The film featuring him alongside Arundhati, won average reviews from critics post release. In 2013, he was placed as the replacement for Mirchi Senthil as his son, in the long running television serial "Saravannan Meenatchi", his biggest acting assignment till date, which he dropped in hope of winning in his film career instead, claiming that the script will not give him a big enough name amongst the audience and lent his role to another person on 14 August 2014.