Pathan claims unique record

Left-arm medium pacer Irfan Pathan became the second youngest Indian to capture a four-wicket match haul when he returned the figures of 4 for 24 against Zimbabwe at Perth.

Pathan's maiden four-wicket haul came at the age of 19 years and 99 days. Among the Indians only Sachin Tendulkar has taken four wickets in a match at a younger age. Tendulkar was 18 years 182 days old while taking four for 34 against West Indies in a Wills Trophy match at Sharjah in 1991-92.

Pathan's effort was sufficient to win him Man of the Match award. He, in the course, became third youngest Indian player to win MoM award after Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh.

Youngest Man of the Match award winners in LOIs:

Age	Bowler	Figures	Match	Venue	Date
16 Yrs 297 Days	Talha Jubair	4-65	BD v SA	Potchefstroom	03-10-02
18 Yrs 91 Days	Waqar Younis	4-39	Pak v SL	Hobart BO	15-02-90
18 Yrs 182 Days	SR Tendulkar	4-34	Ind v WI	Sharjah	22-10-91
18 Yrs 207 Days	Mohd. Sheikh	4-36	Ken v BD	Dhaka	24-03-99
18 Yrs 266 Days	Wasim Akram	5-21	Pak v Aus	Melbourne	24-02-85
18 Yrs 333 Days	S Mushtaq	4-47	Pak v WI	Sharjah	13-10-95
19 Yrs 8 Days	DL Vettori	4-49	NZ v Zim	Hamilton	04-02-98
19 Yrs 81 Days	Aaqib Javed	7-37	Pak v Ind	Sharjah	25-10-91
19 Yrs 99 Days	IK Pathan	4-24	Ind v Zim	Perth	03-02-04
19 Yrs 154 Days	Umar Gul	5-17	Pak v BD	Lahore	15-09-03
19 Yrs 161 Days	ND Hirwani	4-43	Ind v NZ	Sharjah	27-03-88
19 Yrs 289 Days	TJ Friend	4-55	Zim v Ind	Sharjah	22-10-00
19 Yrs 317 Days	Abdur Razzaq	5-31	Pak v SL	Sharjah	15-10-99

Youngest Man of the Match award winners in LOIs:

Age	Player	Match	Venue	Date
16 Yrs 217 Days	Shahid Afridi	Pak v SL	Nairobi Gym	04-10-1996
17 Yrs 139 Days	Aaqib Javed	Pak v Ind	Lahore	22-12-1989
17 Yrs 225 Days	SR Tendulkar	Ind v SL	Pune	05-12-1990
18 Yrs 121 Days	Imran Nazir	Pak v Zim	St.George's	15-04-2000
18 Yrs 143 Days	T Odoyo	Ken v Pak	Nairobi Gym	02-10-1996
18 Yrs 162 Days	Waqar Younis	Pak v Ind	Sharjah	27-04-1990
18 Yrs 266 Days	Wasim Akram	Pak v Aus	Melbourne	24-02-1985
18 Yrs 300 Days	Yuvraj Singh	Ind v Aus	Nairobi Gym	07-10-2000
18 Yrs 312 Days	Salim Elahi	Pak v SL	Gujranwala	29-09-1995
18 Yrs 364 Days	PR Adams	SA v Eng	East London	19-01-1996
19 Yrs 17 Days	PA de Silva	SL v NZ	Colombo PSS	03-11-1984
19 Yrs 20 Days	Ata-ur-Rahman	Pak v UAE	Sharjah	17-04-1994
19 Yrs 40 Days	DL Vettori	NZ v Zim	Auckland	08-03-1998
19 Yrs 99 Days	IK Pathan	Ind v Zim	Perth	03-02-2004