‘Play the whole season or don’t come’; Irfan Pathan throws tantrum over English players

India’s tantrums over English players leaving the IPL to play in their home series against Pakistan continue.

Former fast bowler Irfan Pathan is the latest prominent figure to use harsh language against the English cricketers who left the IPL unfinished.

Pathan wrote on X (formerly Twitter), “Either be available for the entire season or don’t come.”

Earlier, former Test cricketer Sunil Gavaskar also showed anger on the cricketers who left the IPL. He criticized the English cricketers and demanded a cut in their salaries and asked that fines should be imposed. In his column, Sunil Gavaskar wrote that because of IPL, they get 10 percent commission which no other league pays, if they are leaving IPL for the series, then the boards and players should be fined.

England’s top cricketers Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Will Jacks, Reece Topley, Jos Buttler, Phil Salt and Moeen Ali, who participated in the IPL, left the league to represent their country against Pakistan.

The four-match series between Pakistan and England will start from May 22, while the finals, including the IPL playoffs, will be played during the same period, which will not include a large number of foreign cricketers.