Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi

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Shahid Afridi in August 2017
Personal information
Full name	Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi
Born	(1977-03-01) 1 March 1977 (age 47)[1][2] Tirah,[3] Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
Nickname	Boom Boom,[4] Lala[5]
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)[6]
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg spin
Role	All-rounder
Relations	Ashfaq Afridi (brother) Tariq Afridi (brother) Irfan Afridi (nephew) Shaheen Afridi (son-in-law)
International information
National sides	Pakistan (1996–2016) World XI (2018)
Test debut (cap 153)	22 October 1998  Pakistan v Australia
Last Test	13 July 2010  Pakistan v Australia
ODI debut (cap 109)	2 October 1996  Pakistan v Kenya
Last ODI	20 March 2015  Pakistan v Australia
ODI shirt no.	10
T20I debut (cap 8)	28 August 2006  Pakistan v England
Last T20I	31 May 2018  World XI v West Indies
T20I shirt no.	10
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1995/96–2015/16	Karachi[A]
1997/98–2016/17	Habib Bank Limited
2007/08–2008/09, 2014	Sindh
2011–2012, 2016–2017	Hampshire
2012, 2017, 2019/20	Dhaka Platoon
2016–2017	Peshawar Zalmi
2018	Karachi Kings
2019–2021	Multan Sultans
2022	Quetta Gladiators
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 27 398 99 113 Runs scored 1,716 8,064 1,416 5,695 Batting average 36.51 23.57 17.92 31.46 100s/50s 5/8 6/39 0/4 12/31 Top score 156 124 54* 164 Balls bowled 3,194 17,670 2,168 13,657 Wickets 48 395 98 266 Bowling average 35.60 34.51 24.44 26.68 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/– 30/– 78/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  Pakistan T20 World Cup Winner 2009 England Runner-up 2007 South Africa World Cup Runner-up 1999 England-Wales -Ireland-Scotland-Netherlands Asia Cup Winner 2000 Bangladesh Winner 2012 Bangladesh Runner-up 2014 Bangladesh
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 1 June 2018
Signature

Pride of Performance Award Recipient
Date	2010
Country	Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Presented by	Islamic Republic of Pakistan

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Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi (Urdu: شاہد افریدی‎, Pashto: شاهد افریدی; born 1 March 1977) is a Pakistani former cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. An all-rounder, Afridi was a right-handed leg spinner and a right-handed batsman.^[7][8]

Afridi made his ODI debut in 1996 against Kenya. In his second ODI match against Sri Lanka, he played his first international innings and broke the record for fastest century in ODI cricket (doing so in 37 deliveries). He made his Test debut against Australia in 1998. Afridi made his T20I debut against England in 2006. Afridi was named player of the tournament of the 2007 T20 World Cup. Afridi was player of the match in the final of the 2009 T20 World Cup scoring an unbeaten 54 and getting figures of 1/20 off of 4 overs as Pakistan went on to win the final. Shortly after Pakistan's win at the 2009 World Cup, Pakistan's captain, Younis Khan, announced his retirement from T20Is and Afridi was appointed as his successor. In 2010, Afridi was appointed Pakistan's ODI captain after the sacking of Mohammad Yousuf. Afridi was also appointed Pakistan's Test captain but retired from the format after one match as captain. He led the Pakistan team in the 2011 Cricket World Cup where they reached the semi-finals before losing to rival India. In 2011, Afridi was removed as ODI captain. In 2015, Afridi retired from ODI cricket. After Pakistan's group stage elimination from the 2016 T20 World Cup, Afridi stepped down from captaincy. He was not selected afterwards and on 19 February 2017, Afridi announced his retirement from international cricket. He made a brief return to international cricket after being selected to represent and captain the World XI against the West Indies in the 2018 Hurricane Relief T20 Challenge charity match. Following the conclusion of the match, Afridi announced his retirement from international cricket again on 31 May 2018. He served as the interim chief selector of the Pakistan cricket team for Pakistan's series against New Zealand.

Afridi runs his own charity, the Shahid Afridi Foundation which aims to provide education and healthcare facilities. He also teamed up with UNICEF to promote the anti-polio campaign in the country. During the 2019 Coronavirus pandemic, he was involved in helping people across Balochistan during the lockdown in the country. This led to him contracting COVID-19 on 13 June 2020.^[9] Afridi was also nominated among the top 20 most charitable athletes of 2015.^[10]

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