India's Yusuf Pathan celebrates the wicket of Robin Petersen during the Twenty20 international cricket match against South Africa at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban January 9, 2011. REUTERS/Rogan Ward (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan celebrates the wicket of David Miller during the Twenty20 international cricket match against South Africa at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban January 9, 2011. REUTERS/Rogan Ward (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan plays a shot during the T20 international cricket match against South Africa at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, January 9, 2011. REUTERS/Rogan Ward (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

South Africa's Juan Theron (R) celebrates with teammate AB de Villiers after dismissing India's Yusuf Pathan during their T20 cricket match at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, January 9, 2011. REUTERS/Rogan Ward (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

South Africa's Juan Theron celebrates after dismissing India's Yusuf Pathan during their T20 cricket match at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, January 9, 2011. REUTERS/Rogan Ward (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan (C) appeals successfully for the wicket of New Zealand's Nathan McCullum (R) as India's wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel (L) and Rohit Sharma watch during their fifth and last one-day international cricket match in Chennai December 10, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan (front) dives to catch the ball as New Zealand's Scott Styris watches during their fifth and last one-day international cricket match in Chennai December 10, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Praveen Kumar (C) is congratulated by his teammate Yusuf Pathan after he took the wicket of New Zealand's Martin Guptill (R) during their fifth and last one-day international cricket match in Chennai December 10, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Saurabh Tiwary (L) congratulates his teammate Yusuf Pathan after he scored a century during the fourth one-day international cricket match against New Zealand in Bangalore December 7, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan plays a shot during the fourth one-day international cricket match against New Zealand in Bangalore December 7, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan plays a shot during the fourth one-day international cricket match against New Zealand in Bangalore December 7, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan celebrates after scoring a century during the fourth one-day international cricket match against New Zealand in Bangalore December 7, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan celebrates after scoring a century during the fourth one-day international cricket match against New Zealand in Bangalore December 7, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan celebrates after scoring a century during the fourth one-day international cricket match against New Zealand in Bangalore December 7, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan avoids a bouncer during the fourth one-day international cricket match against New Zealand in Bangalore December 7, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

New Zealand's captain Daniel Vettori (R) is bowled out by India's Yusuf Pathan as Indian wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel (L) watches during their fourth one-day international cricket match in Bangalore December 7, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan (L) celebrates after taking the wicket of New Zealand's Scott Styris as New Zealand's Ross Taylor (R) watches during their fourth one-day international cricket match in Bangalore December 7, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan celebrates after taking the wicket of New Zealand's Scott Styris during their fourth one-day international cricket match in Bangalore December 7, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan (L) celebrates with captain Gautam Gambhir after taking the wicket of New Zealand's captain Daniel Vettori during their third one-day international cricket match in Vadodara December 4, 2010. REUTERS/Amit Dave (INDIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Ashish Nehra (C) speaks with teammate Gautam Gambhir (2nd L) as Zaheer Khan (R) and Yusuf Pathan watch during a cricket practice session in Vadodara December 3, 2010. India will play their third one-day international cricket match against New Zealand in Vadodara on Saturday. REUTERS/Amit Dave (INDIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan throws the ball as New Zealand's Martin Guptill watches during their second one-day international cricket match in Jaipur December 1, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan (L) celebrates with Gautam Gambhir after taking the wicket of New Zealand's Ross Taylor during their second one-day international cricket match in Jaipur December 1, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan (L) celebrates with Gautam Gambhir after taking the wicket of New Zealand's Ross Taylor during their second one-day international cricket match in Jaipur December 1, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

India's Yusuf Pathan plays a shot during the first one-day international cricket match against New Zealand in Guwahati November 28, 2010. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan watches the ball during the ICC Twenty20 World Cup cricket tournament against Sri Lanka in Gros Islet May 11, 2010. REUTERS/Philip Brown (ST LUCIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan makes his ground as Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara (R) takes off the bails during the ICC Twenty20 World Cup cricket tournament in Gros Islet May 11, 2010. REUTERS/Philip Brown (ST LUCIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

Australia's Shane Watson (R) is bowled by India's Yusuf Pathan (not in picture) as MS Dhoni watches during the Super 8 match at Kensington Oval during the ICC World Twenty20 cricket tournament in Bridgetown, May 7, 2010. REUTERS/Philip Brown (BARBADOS - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan celebrates after dismissing South Africa's Loots Bosman during their third and final one-day international cricket match in Ahmedabad February 27, 2010. India leads 2-0 in the three one-day internationals series against South Africa .REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan (R) and Amit Mishra attend the cricket practice session in Ahmedabad February 26, 2010. India will play their final one-day international cricket match against South Africa on Saturday in Ahmedabad. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan celebrates with teammates Suresh Raina (R) and Amit Mishra (3rd R) after dismissing South Africa's Mark Boucher during the second one-day international between India and South Africa in Gwalior February 24, 2010. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA) 

India's Yusuf Pathan celebrates after dismissing South Africa's Jean-Paul Duminy during the second one-day international between India and South Africa in Gwalior February 24, 2010. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan (R) celebrates with teammate Suresh Raina after taking the wicket of South Africa's Johan Botha (not pictured) as South Africa's captain Jacques Kallis (L) stands during their first one-day international cricket match in Jaipur February 21, 2010. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan (2nd L) celebrates after taking the wicket of South Africa's Johan Botha (R) with his team mates Suresh Raina (L) and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni during the first one-day international cricket match in Jaipur February 21, 2010. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan (C) celebrates after taking the wicket of South Africa's Johan Botha with his teammates Suresh Raina (L) and Dinesh Karthik during the first one-day international cricket match in Jaipur February 21, 2010. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan celebrates after taking the wicket of South Africa's Johan Botha during the first one-day international cricket match in Jaipur February 21, 2010. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan (R) celebrates with teammate Rohit Sharma during the second Twenty20 cricket match against Sri Lanka in Mohali December 12, 2009. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan (L) and Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan arrive at the airport in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh December 10, 2009. India and Sri Lanka will play their second Twenty20 cricket match in Mohali on Saturday. REUTERS/Ajay Verma (INDIA SPORT CRICKET) 

India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni holds a baseball bat as teammates Virender Sehwag (L) and Yusuf Pathan (R) watch during a cricket training session in Nagpur December 8, 2009. REUTERS/Arko Datta (INDIA SPORT CRICKET) 

Pakistan's Mohammad Aamer celebrates after taking the wicket of India's Yusuf Pathan during their ICC Champions Trophy cricket match in Pretoria September 26, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA SPORT CRICKET IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Pakistan's Mohammad Aamer celebrates after taking the wicket of India's Yusuf Pathan during their ICC Champions Trophy cricket match in Pretoria, September 26, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan (C) celebrates with teammates Harbhajan Singh (L) and Rudra Pratap Singh after dismissing Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya during the finals of the tri-nations one-day international cricket series in Colombo September 14, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds (SRI LANKA SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan (2nd R, leaping in air) celebrates with teammates after dismissing Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya during the finals of the tri-nations one-day international cricket series in Colombo September 14, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds (SRI LANKA SPORT CRICKET) 

Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews (R) celebrates with captain Kumar Sangakkara (C) after dismissing India's Yusuf Pathan (L) in the third match of the tri-nations one-day cricket international series in Colombo, September 12, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds (SRI LANKA SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan bowls in the third match of the tri-nations one-day international series against Sri Lanka in Colombo, September 12, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds (SRI LANKA SPORT CRICKET) 

India's Yusuf Pathan bowls during a cricket practice session in Colombo September 10, 2009. India will play New Zealand on Friday in the tri-nations one-day international cricket series. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds (SRI LANKA SPORT CRICKET) 

Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan (L) speaks with the media as his brother Yusuf Pathan watches during a news conference to promote a high speed broadband data card in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata August 17, 2009. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw (INDIA SPORT CRICKET BUSINESS) 

India's Yusuf Pathan falls to the ground after he hit a shot against England in the ICC World Twenty20 cricket super eight match at Lord's cricket ground in London June 14, 2009. REUTERS/Philip Brown (BRITAIN SPORT CRICKET IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

India's Yusuf Pathan gets ready for the final over of the match against England in the ICC World Twenty20 cricket super eight match at Lord's cricket ground, London June 14, 2009. REUTERS/Philip Brown (BRITAIN SPORT CRICKET IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

India's Yusuf Pathan (2nd Left) celebrates with teammates during the ICC World Twenty20 cricket super eight match at Lord's cricket ground in London June 12 2009. REUTERS/Philip Brown (BRITAIN SPORT CRICKET) 

West Indies' Kieron Pollard fails to catch a Yusuf Pathan six during the ICC World Twenty20 cricket super eight match against India at Lord's cricket ground, London June 12, 2009. REUTERS/Philip Brown (BRITAIN SPORT CRICKET) 

Yusuf Pathan of the Rajasthan Royals plays a shot during the 2009 Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 cricket tournament against the Bangalore Royal Challengers in Centurion May 7, 2009. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA SPORT CRICKET) 

Yusuf Pathan of the Rajasthan Royals plays a shot during the 2009 Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 cricket tournament against the Bangalore Royal Challengers in Centurion May 7, 2009. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA SPORT CRICKET) 

Lakshmipathy Balaji (L) of the Chennai Super Kings celebrates with Sudeep Tyagi after Yusuf Pathan was caught out by Suresh Raina during their 2009 Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 cricket tournament against the Rajasthan Royals in Centurion April 30, 2009. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA SPORT CRICKET) 

Lakshmipathy Balaji of the Chennai Super Kings gestures to Yusuf Pathan after he was caught out by Suresh Raina during their 2009 Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 cricket tournament against the Rajasthan Royals in Centurion, April 30, 2009. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA SPORT CRICKET) 

Yusuf Pathan of the Rajasthan Royals (L) celebrates bowling out Matthew Hayden of the Chennai Super Kings during their 2009 Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 cricket tournament in Centurion April 30, 2009. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA SPORT CRICKET) 

Yusuf Pathan of the Rajasthan Royals celebrates bowling out Matthew Hayden of the Chennai Super Kings during their 2009 Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 cricket tournament in Centurion April 30, 2009. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA SPORT CRICKET) 

Yusuf Pathan of the Rajasthan Royals celebrates bowling out Matthew Hayden of the Chennai Super Kings during their 2009 Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 cricket tournament in Centurion April 30, 2009. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA SPORT CRICKET) 

Yusuf Pathan (C) of the Rajasthan Royals celebrates with teammates after bowling out Matthew Hayden of the Chennai Super Kings during their 2009 Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 cricket tournament in Centurion April 30, 2009. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA SPORT CRICKET) 

Yusuf Pathan of the Rajasthan Royals watches his shot during their 2009 Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 cricket tournament against the Delhi Daredevils in Centurion, April 28, 2009. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA SPORT CRICKET) 

Yusuf Pathan (R) of the Rajasthan Royals is congratulated by Daniel Vettori of the Delhi Daredevils at the end of their 2009 Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 cricket tournament match in Centurion April 28, 2009. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA SPORT CRICKET)