Irfan Pathan Snubbed From IPL 2025 Commentary Panel

The official commentary panel for the IPL 2025 was revealed on Friday and name of former India allrounder Irfan Pathan – a regular feature in the past – has been missing. Now, a report claims that Pathan has been snubbed following complaints from a number of India cricketers who believe his critical comments aimed at them are personally motivated.

One player even blocked Pathan’s number on his phone reportedly irked after hearing the latter’s comments on his performance during the Australia series.

Otherwise, his (Pathan’s) name would have been there. It’s been happening for the last two years as he was carrying his personal agendas against certain players and that didn’t go down well with the system,” a source was quoted as saying by the website.

Pathan isn’t the first high-profile commentator to have been punished after complaints from the player. In the past the likes of Sanjay Manjrekar and Harsha Bhogale have lost out on commentary duties due to complaints from India cricketers not happy with their on-air views.