Shahid Afridi
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Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi
Afridi during Pakistan's tour of New Zealand in December 2010
Personal information
Full name
Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi
Born
1 March 1980 (age 36)
Khyber, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
Nickname
Boom Boom Afridi[1]
Height
1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Batting style
Right-handed
Bowling style
Right arm leg spin
Role
All-rounder
Relations
Javed Afridi (Cousin)
International information
National side
Pakistan
Test debut(cap 153)
22 October 1998 v Australia
Last Test
13 July 2010 v Australia
ODI debut(cap 109)
2 October 1996 v Kenya
Last ODI
20 March 2015 v Australia
ODI shirt no.
10
T20I debut(cap 8)
28 Aug 2006 v England
Last T20I
25 March 2016 v Australia
T20I shirt no.
10
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1995–Present
Karachi Region & Karachi Dolphins
1997–Present
Habib Bank Limited
2001
Leicestershire
2003
Derbyshire
2003–04
Griqualand West
2004
Kent
2007–2008
Sind
2010
Southern Redbacks
2008
Deccan Chargers
2011–2012
Hampshire
2011
Melbourne Renegades
2011–2012[2]
Dhaka Gladiators
2012
Ruhuna Royals
2016 - present
Peshawar Zalmi
Career statistics
Competition
Test
ODI
T20I
FC
Matches
27
398
82
112
Runs scored
1,716
8,064
1,218
5,689
Batting average
36.51
23.57
19.03
31.60
100s/50s
5/8
6/39
0/4
12/31
Top score
156
124
54*
164
Balls bowled
3,194
17,670
1,790
13,549
Wickets
48
395
83
263
Bowling average
35.60
34.51
23.71
26.80
5 wickets in innings
1
9
0
8
10 wickets in match
0
0
0
0
Best bowling
5/52
7/12
4/11
6/101
Catches/stumpings
10/–
127/–
20/–
77/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 1 March 2015

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Pride of Performance Award Recipient
Date
2010
Country
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Presented by
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Shahid Khan Afridi (Urdu: شاہدآفریدی‎; Pashto: شاهد اپریدی‎; born 1980)[4] is a Pakistani professional cricketer and captain of the Twenty20 franchise Peshawar Zalmi. Formerly he was also captain of the Pakistan national cricket team.[5] Considered as a legend in Pakistani cricket history, Afridi is regarded as one of the greatest big-hitting cricketers of all time. He also holds a record of taking most wickets(97) and most player-of-the match awards inTwenty20 International cricket.[6]

He is known for his aggressive batting style,[7] and previously held the record for the fastest ODI century in 37 deliveries. He also holds the distinction of having hit the most number of sixes in the history of ODI cricket,.[8]Afridi considers himself a better bowler than batsman, and has taken 48 Test wickets and over 350 in ODIs. Currently Afridi is leading the chart of most T20I wickets with 92 wickets from 92 matches.[9] Shahid Afridi has signed to play for Sydney Thunder in Australia’s Twenty20 Big Bash league.[10]

In June 2009, Afridi took over the Twenty20 captaincy from Younus Khan, and was later appointed ODI captain for the 2010 Asia Cup. In his first match as ODI captain against Sri Lanka he scored a century however Pakistan still lost by 16 runs. He then also took over the Test captaincy but resigned after one match in charge citing lack of form and ability to play Test cricket; at the same time he announced his retirement from Tests. He retained the captaincy in limited-overs form of the game and led the team in the 2011 World Cup. In May 2011, having led Pakistan in 34 ODIs, Afridi was replaced as captain. Later that month he announced his conditional retirement from international cricket in protest against his treatment by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). However, in October he reversed his decision. He is also plays for and is the captain of Peshawar Zalmi which is owned by his cousin Javed Afridi in Pakistan Super League.[11]

UNICEF and Pakistani authorities have taken Shahid Afridi on board for its anti-polio campaign in the tribal belt of lawless Waziristan region.[12]

 

Contents
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1Background
2International career2.1Captaincy (2009–2011)
2.2Conditional retirement and return (2011–present)
2.32016 ICC World Twenty20
3Playing style3.1Batting
3.2Bowling
4Charity work
5Five-wicket hauls5.1One Day International five-wicket hauls
6Filmography
7Awards
8International Centuries8.1Test centuries
8.2One Day International Centuries
9International awards9.1One-Day International Cricket9.1.1Man of the series awards
9.1.2Man of the Match awards
9.2Twenty20 International Cricket9.2.1Player of the Series Awards
9.2.2Man of the Match Awards
10See also
11References
12External links