17 August,2009 04:50 PM IST | | PTI
Irfan Pathan's form may have deserted him but not his charms and the handsome Baroda pacer barely avoided an embarrassment when a female fan here tried to kiss him in full media view in Kolkata on Monday.
Two years after Mahendra Singh Dhoni found himself in the embrace of a female fan in front of the Eden Gardens, Irfan went through more or less a similar embarrassment when a 24-year-old of fan tried to plant a kiss on his cheek but found the cricketer taller than she would have liked.
Irfan, on his part, gently pushed her away without being harsh on her.
Shabina Khatun, who works in an insurance company here, got a "life time opportunity" to pose with Irfan and elder brother Yusuf Pathan after she was selected as one of the three winners of a contest during a promotional event.
