When Baroda took the field against Bengal for yesterday's Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 quarter-final, everyone present at the Bandra Kurla Complex was looking for Yusuf Pathan.
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However, the all-rounder was not to be seen anywhere. It later emerged that Pathan was back in Baroda for his engagement party on Saturday.
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The news of Pathan’s engagement with Mumbai girl Afreen had surfaced a few days ago. “Pathan left Mumbai on Friday as his engagement was at Nadiad, 55 kilometres from Vadodara,” a team source said yesterday.u00a0
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The man himself though said that the engagement happened a while back, but it was just a family get-together on Saturday. However, he confirmed that he would be playing today’s semi-final against Delhi.u00a0
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“I can confirm that I got engaged some time back. But as far as playing the semi-final against Delhi is concerned, I will be there before the match starts. I will land in Mumbai tomorrow morning and will go to the ground immediately,” Yusuf told MiD DAY from Baroda.
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Afreen, who is originally from Mumbai, practises physiotherapy in Vadodara. It is learnt that both families were keen finish the engagement formalities at the earliest — in order to finalise the date of engagement for younger brother Irfan. “It won’t be a surprise if both Yusuf and Irfan get married on the same day,” the source said.
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Both Yusuf and Irfan are expected to play in the Syed u00a0Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament u00a0against Delhi here today.
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