Shahid Afridi, a former Pakistani cricket player and captain of the Pakistani national cricket team. Afridi is considered one of the most destructive cricket players. An all-rounder, Afridi was kicked in the leg and spotted with his powerful blows. Afridi also held the world record, holding the fastest century ODI record, in 37 deliveries. The record lasted 17 years before it was broken by Corey Anderson. He also holds the record for most six hits in ODI cricket history. Bowling-wise Afridi, who considers himself a better bowler, has taken 395 ODI wickets and 48 Test wickets. He also took 98 T20I wickets.
Afridi was a standout performer in the 2009 T20 World Cup final at the 2009 T20 World Cup scoring 54 undefeated points, and was a standout performer in the tournament in 2007. He led the Pakistani team to the 2011 Cricket World Cup where they reached the semi-finals before losing to India. In January 2010, he was banned from the entire series against Australia after biting a ball for an act of disrupting the ball. In the tests, Afridi was the captain of only one game before resigning and withdrawing, a move that allowed Salman Butt to take him. Following Pakistan's elimination from the group stage of the 2016 T20 World Cup, Afridi said he was stepping down as captain but would not retire. However, he was not elected after that and on February 19, 2017, Afridi announced his retirement from international cricket. He also briefly returned to international cricket after being selected to represent and captain the World XI against the West Indies in the 2018 Hurricane Relief T20 Challenge. Following the conclusion of the match, Afridi announced his retirement from international cricket on 31 May 2018.
Inside Afridi represents many groups. He was the captain of Peshawar Zalmi in the 2015 Pakistan Super League, became the first player to be nominated for the tournament, and won the trophy in 2016. He also represented the Karachi Kings in 2019 and currently plays for Quetta Gladiators. in the PSL. He also played for Hampshire beating his only T20 100 for them and is the current captain of the Galle Gladiators in the Lanka Premier League.
Away from cricket Afridi has its own charity, the Shahid Afridi Foundation which aims to provide education and health care. He also worked with UNICEF to promote the fight against polio in the country. During the 2019 Coronavirus violence, he was involved in helping people throughout Balochistan during the country’s closure. This led to her receiving the COVID-19 contract on June 14, 2020. Afridi was also named among the top 10 most dedicated athletes in 2016.
The national side
Pakistan (1996-2016)
First Test (cap 153) 22 October 1998 v Australia
The final test on 13 July 2010 v Australia
First ODI (cap 109) 2 October 1996 v Kenya
The last ODI is 20 March 2015 v Australia
ODI shirt number. 10
First T20I (cap 8) 28 August 2006 v England
Last T20I 31 May 2018 v West Indies
T20I shirt number. 10
Early life and personal life
In his autobiography, Game Changer (2019), Afridi named his birthday as 1975. But later Afridi clarified that his first book describing the history of his life took the wrong year. He was previously reported to have been born in the Khyber Agency, Pakistan in the Afridian nation of the Pashtuns in 1980.
He comes from a family of Sufi pirs (teachers or spiritual kings) and his grandfather Maulana Muhammad Ilyas was a well-known spiritual figure in Bhutan Sharif, an area in the Tirah Valley. His other grandfather, Sahibzada Abdul Baqi, was given the nickname Ghazi-e-Kashmir (conqueror of Kashmir) for his efforts during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947-1948.
He is married to his maternal cousin Nadia Afridi and has five daughters.
In 2021, Afridi announced the marriage of his eldest daughter Aqsa to cricketer Shaheen Afridi.
Afridi was named in the Pakistan national team after playing well in the Under-19 tournament which kicks off the 1994-95 season. Playing for Karachi Whites, he helped his team win the title the following season earning 42 wickets in five games with a fine 9.59. Later that season, Afridi played for England A and West Indies Youth who visited England and a few Karachi Whites first-round matches in the National Championship.
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