Shahid Afridi (), born Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi (Urdu: صاحبزادہ محمد شاہد خان آفریدی born on 1 March 1980)[2] is a Pakistani cricketer. Between
1996 and 2012, Afridi played 27 Tests,
350 One Day Internationals, and 59 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) for the Pakistani national team. He made his ODI debut on 2
October 1996 against Kenya and his Test debut
on 22 October 1998 against Australia.
He is known for his aggressive
batting style,[3] and holds the record for the fastest
ODI century which he made in his first international innings, as well as
scoring 32 runs in a single over, the second highest scoring over ever in an
ODI.[4] He
also holds the distinction of having hit the most number of sixes in the
history of ODI cricket.[5] Afridi
considers himself a better bowler than batsman, and has taken 48 Test
wickets and over 350 in ODIs. Currently Afridi is third on the list of leading
wicket takers in the Twenty20 format, behind Saeed
Ajmal and Umer
Gul of Pakistan, taking 62 wickets from 56 matches.[6] Shahid
Afridi has signed to play for Sydney
Thunder in Australia’s Twenty20 Big Bash league.[7] 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. UNICEF and
Pakistani authorities have taken Shahid Afridi on board for its anti-polio
campaign in the tribal belt of lawless Waziristan region.
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