cricketUpdated: Jun 01, 2020 13:27 ISTFormer India pacer Irfan Pathan recalled his partnership with Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the Faisalabad Test in 2006 in which Dhoni registered his maiden Test hundred. Speaking in a recent interview, Pathan revealed that the pair were troubled early on into their partnership by Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar. “When I was coming out to bat, Akhtar was bowling at a rapid pace of 150-160 kph. Then, he kept bowling bouncer after bouncer. I told Dhoni ‘I will sledge Akhtar and you just laugh at him’ and Dhoni agreed to it.

Source: Hindustan Times June 01, 2020 05:39 UTC