Off-colour pacer Irfan Pathan on Monday conceded he hasn't performed well enough to merit selection in the Indian one-day team but vowed to make a comeback, saying he has age on his side. Talking to reporters with elder brother Yusuf by his side at a promotional event here this afternoon, the 24-year-old junior Pathan said, "I have been ignored purely on the basis of my drop in performance and I am working hard towards it." Irfan, however, said it was disappointing to be ignored for next month's Tri-series in Sri Lanka and the ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa.

"For the last six years, if I have done slightly bad, I'm getting dropped. But I don't have any excuse. I'm not a person who runs for an excuse. "It's very simple, if I am dropped then something is wrong somewhere. Reason is always performance... Obviously the selectors felt, I'm not up to the mark so I've to work hard and go to that level," Irfan said.

However, the pacer, who made it to the top earlier than his elder brother Yusuf, said he has age by his side. "Not many people have achieved what I've at at the age of 23-24 and I am very happy for that."

However, the ace bowler from Baroda believed that he did not do that badly recently. "If you look at my performance, I finished among the top six bowlers in the Indian Premier League II with 17 wickets and 196 runs (with the bat). In the West Indies series, I just got to play one match and was dropped."

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