At the start of the first-class season , Pathan scored 56 but took a total of only 1/91 for the Board President 's XI against the touring Australians ahead of the Test series , and he was overlooked for Test selection as India used only two pacemen . He returned to play for Baroda in the Ranji Trophy . He played in four matches and performed strongly , taking 26 wickets at 16.03 and scored 166 runs at 33.20 . He started the season with 6/85 and 1/34 in a draw against Uttar Pradesh , and then took 4/42 and 1/46 against Railways . He then put on an all-round display to guide his team to a victory over Maharashtra . Pathan took 5/64 and then scored 51 as Baroda made 305 in their first innings to take a 77-run lead . After taking 1/61 in the second innings , he scored an unbeaten 50 to guide Baroda to their target of 227 with four wickets in hand . In his final Ranji fixture for the season , he took 7/35 in the first innings to help dismiss Andhra Pradesh for 77 , setting up an innings win . However , with India persisting with and tasting success with their Test bowling strategy , Pathan was also overlooked for the home Tests against England . Pathan 's domestic season was interrupted by spasmodic limited overs duty . Following his recent uneconomical run in ODIs , he was not given a game in the seven-match series against England in November until India had taken an unassailable 4 – 0 series lead . He took 0/57 from ten overs in the fifth match , as India recorded another victory , but did not get another opportunity after the Mumbai terrorist attacks saw the two remaining fixtures cancelled . Pathan was then selected for the early-2009 five-match ODI tour of Sri Lanka , but was not entrusted with a match until India took an unbeatable 3 – 0 lead . He took four wickets at 28.25 in two matches , but was again expensive , conceding 7.06 runs an over . However , he ended the tour on a high note when he combined with half-brother Yusuf in an unbroken eighth-wicket stand that saw India to a three-wicket win in the T20 international after a late flurry ; Irfan ended on 33 not out . Pathan returned to India and took 3/50 and scored 51 not out in his only domestic one-dayer for Baroda during the season , which ended in a win , before leaving for the limited overs leg of a tour to New Zealand
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2008 Mumbai attacks
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