Birth of a biffer. Yusuf Pathan was picked by Rajasthan Royals in the inaugural IPL in 2008, where he dominated the run scorers' chart, making 435 runs, including that season's fastest fifty. It earned him a one-day call-up, but a string of low scores forced him back out. On his return Yusuf made an unbeaten 123 off 96 balls in India's 316-run chase against New Zealand in Bangalore. The performance got him picked for the series in South Africa, where, in Centurion, he scored his second hundred (off 68 balls) but this time in a losing cause. Though he is yet to be considered for the long format, Pathan has the distinction of scoring a 190-ball double-century to help West Zone sealed the highest first-class chase ever, in the 2010 Duleep Trophy final.
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