The Indian Cricket Board secretary, Niranjan Shah, today made it clear
that paceman Irfan Pathan, a part of India's 15-member World Cup Squad,
still required to prove himself by playing in the domestic circuit. 
"Pathan has to still prove himself and maybe he has to
play one match of Deodhar Trophy before he goes to the World Cup,"
Shah said today.
"I think even chairman of selection committee (Dilip
Vengsarkar) wants him to play at least one match of Deodhar Trophy before
he goes. He has to bowl he can't be just a passenger in the team," he said.
Pathan, who was sent back home mid way through India's tour of South Africa
to rediscover his form, was recalled in the team in the fourth and final match
of the series against the West Indies.
"If selectors have selected him (for the World Cup) there
is some responsibility (on them) and I think Pathan will be a part of the team,"
Shah told a TV channel today.
The BCCI Secretary Pathan was useful for the team as an all-rounder.
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