Its kind of harsh. Instead of criticizing or favoring him, we should encourage him to get back to his old self. Irfan is just 22, He definitely GOT IT, he is batting lot better than the lot of indian top order. He will be very useful cricketer in coming world cup once he finds his bowling MOJO.
I agree with you to the extent Pathan is selected primarily as bowler, but God Knows why he lost his bowling MOJO. Two reasons for his bowling problems.. 1) Blame Chappel and Dravid for overusing him as batsman. 2) Too many people corrected his bowling action, now he lost his original action.
Its better for Irfan to get back to reality and find his rhythm in domestic cricket. I wish him good luck and take Zaheer Khan as example.