Happy b'day Yusuf Pathan

We wish Team India's Yusuf Pathan a very happy birthday as he turns 26. A talented cricketer who was born in Baroda, Gujarat on November 17, 1982.

Yusuf Pathan made his debut in the cricket world in 2001-02. He is a hard hitting right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. (AFP/Sajjad Hussain)

Irfan Pathan is Yusuf's half-brother, who is also an Indian cricketer. Though younger to him, he was the first to enter the Indian cricket team.  (BCCL/Krishna Roy)

After Yusuf Pathan's impressive performances at the 2007 'Deodhar Trophy' and the 'Inter-state Domestic Twenty20 Competition'. He was made a part of the Indian squad for the 'Twenty20 World Championship' which was held in South Africa.  (BCCL/B.A Raju)

Yusuf Pathan made his 'Twenty20' international debut in the final match against Pakistan. He opened the batting for India in the match and scored 15 runs in the process.

Yusuf Pathan was signed by 'Rajasthan Royals', an IPL team for a staggering price of Rs 1.9 crore. In the 2008 IPL season, he scored 435 runs and took 8 wickets and made season's fastest half century against 'Deccan Chargers'.

Yusuf Pathan was selected for the Indian one-day team. After IPL, though he played all the games in the Kitply and Asia Cup and got to bat only four times. As he couldn't perform well in the Kitply Cup, he was not selected for the series against Sri Lanka.  (BCCL/Santosh Bane)

Yusuf Pathan performed well in the domestic circuit and was able to impress the selectors. He was selected for England's 'ODI Series' which was held in November, where he scored an impressive 50 runs in just 29 balls.

Yusuf Pathan made his 'One-Day International' debut against Pakistan at Dhaka on June 10, 2008. Since then, he has become a permanent figure of the One-Day International team.  (AFP/Sam Panthaky)

Yusuf Pathan was selected in the Indian team to play the '2009 ICC World Twenty20 Championships' in England, where he made an unbeaten 33 runs from 17 balls.  (BCCL/B.A Raju)