Biography of Shahid Afridi:- Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi, popularly known as Shahid
Afridi, is a Pakistani cricketer. Between 1996 and 2012, Afridi played
27 Tests, 334 One Day Internationals, and 46 Twenty20 International 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, 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.
He also holds the distinction of having hit the most number of sixes
in the history of ODI cricket.Afridi considers himself a better bowler
than batsman, and has taken 48 Test wickets and over 300 in ODIs.
Currently Afridi is the leading wicket taker in the Twenty20 format
taking 53 wickets from 43 matches.Shahid Afridi has signed to play for
the Sydney Thunderin Australia’s Twenty20 Big Bash league.
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); 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 lawles Waziristan region.
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