Shahid Afridi Biography
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Shahid Afridi , born Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan
Afridi 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 Kenyaand his Test debut on 22 October 1998 against Australia.
He is known for his
aggressive batting style,[3] and previously held the record for the
fastest ODI century i.e.in 37 deliveries,(Now broken by Corey Anderson who took one delivery less i.e.36
deliveries) which he made in his first international innings, as well as
scoring 32 runs in a single over, the third 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, behindSaeed Ajmal and Umer Gul of Pakistan, taking 73 wickets from 70
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.[8]
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