Irfan Pathan IPL Commentary Row: Fans loved Irfan Pathan's commentary a lot. In such a situation, the news of his removal from the IPL commentary panel was shocking for everyone. Meanwhile, a video has surfaced, which claims that this very thing of Irfan became the reason for his removal.

Irfan Pathan… The name of this former Indian cricketer came into the headlines even before the start of IPL 2025. The news came that the BCCI has removed him from the commentary panel of IPL. Irfan has been a regular member of the commentary panel in IPL since retiring from international cricket. He has become one of the most recognizable voices of this game. Fans also liked his commentary a lot. In such a situation, the news of his removal from the commentary panel of IPL was shocking for everyone.

There has been no official statement from Irfan Pathan or BCCI on this matter yet. However, media reports said that Irfan Pathan had a 'dispute with some players'. He was angry with the comments made by this former cricketer about him. In such a situation, the question arose that with which player did Irfan Pathan have a dispute and what was the matter due to which he had to lose IPL commentary.

Meanwhile, many people were found making their own speculations on social media. One of these users' post caught everyone's attention. This user's name is Wasim Akram Tyagi, who in his post has shared a video clip related to the recent Border Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia. In this video, Irfan Pathan is seen criticizing Virat Kohli for the way he got out.

Tyagi wrote in his post, 'This is the video of former cricketer Irfan Pathan's commentary, due to which he was not kept in the IPL commentary team. Irfan Pathan has become a victim of the politics happening in the game. He is considered to be close to Gautam Gambhir, Gambhir has relations with many cricketers. There were complaints about Pathan's commentary that he criticizes players on some occasions during commentary. But which commentator does not criticize? Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri, Kapil Dev, all the commentators have been criticizing and praising the players from time to time. Who was dropped?'

What did Irfan say?

Irfan Pathan here raises questions on the way Virat Kohli got out and says, 'Look, these are very experienced players. Especially Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma... more was expected from them. Rohit Sharma had started well, but he showed aggression one ball aggression there. Virat Kohli got out, he himself talks about discipline, but he did not show discipline there. Talking is one thing, taking him to the field is another... the coordination between the two was not seen.'

Along with this he says, 'This is not a matter of today. This is a matter of years. It is about leaving temptation. You have not left that temptation and in the same way you are getting out again and again. Outside edge and look at this length, which line is it… this length ahead, but you are on the line… can you leave it, right? This is the line of the sixth-seventh stump and the ball is also going outside. Twenty-six overs old ball… he will not get you from the sixth stump, will he? You could have left it, you did not leave it… see, I talked about the shoulder, brother you will have to straighten the shoulder, you will have to make it inside and backwards… you will have to play with the front shoulder, Virat Kohli, you are a great player if you cannot do that.

However, this post of Tyagi is just speculation and News18 Hindi cannot independently confirm what was the real reason for removing Irfan Pathan from the commentary panel.

By the way, Irfan Pathan has meanwhile started his YouTube channel 'Seedhi Baat with Irfan Pathan', which was launched on March 22. On this channel, he will be seen doing in-depth review and analysis of cricket. Even before Irfan, many big commentators have had to face such decisions. In 2016, famous commentator Harsha Bhogle was also removed from the IPL commentary panel. At the same time, a former cricketer has also been removed from the commentary panel. However, both of them have been seen doing commentary again. In such a situation, it will have to be seen whether Irfan Pathan returns to the commentary panel and if he does, then for how long…