Shahid Afridi Biography
Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi was born on 1 March 1980 in
Khyber Agency of the Federally
Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, popularly known as Shahid Afridi, is a
Pakistani cricketer and current One Day International (ODI) and
Twenty20 captain of the Pakistaninational team in
the internationalcircuit. He
made his ODI debut on 2 October 1996 against Kenya and his Test debut on 22
October 1998 against Australia.Afridi is from the Afridi tribe of the Khyber Agency in the
Federally Administered Tribal Areas and hails from a Pashtun family. He is
married and has two daughters, Aqsa and Ansha.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
mostnumber 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 41 matches.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 hisretirement from Tests. He retained the captaincy in limited-overs
form of the game and led the team in the 2011 World Cup.His general style of batting is very aggressive and attack
oriented and has earned him the nickname “Boom Boom Afridi”. Moreover, out of
the six fastest ODI centuries of all time, Afridi has produced three of them.
As of 27 February 2011, he has an ODI strike rate of 113.83 runs per 100 balls,
the third highest in the game’s history. This attitude has been transferred to
Test cricket as well, with Afridi scoring at a relatively high strike rate of
86.13. He has an approach to batting that can change the tempo of a game and
inspire the mood of an audience, as shown when a mass exodus of spectators
occurred in Pakistan in late 2005 following his dismissal from the
crease.Having started as a fast bowler, Afridi decided to start bowling
spin after someone told him he was throwing. He modelled himself on Pakistan
leg-spinner Abdul Qadir. Afridi began his career as primarily a bowler, however
after scoring the fastest century in his maiden ODI innings more was expected
of him with the bat. He considers himself a better bowler than batsman. While
he is renowned for his aggressive batting, he is also a handy leg-spinner
capable of producing a good mix of wicket taking balls.He has over 300 International wickets, most of which are from the ODI format. While his stock
ball is the leg break, his armoury also includes the conventional off break and
a ‘quicker one’ which he can deliver in the style of a medium-pacer. He bowls
at a high speed for a
spinner, resulting in lesser turn, and relying more on variations in speed. He
occasionally sends down a bouncer to a
batsman, which is very rare for a spin bowler.
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