Shahid Afridi Biography
Nickname: Lala
D.O.B: March 1,1980,Khyber Agency,Karachi,Pakistan
Height: 5ft 11in (1.8M)
Family: Wife Nadiya Afridi, Daughter:Aqsa,Ansha,Ajwa
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Wrist Spin
Education: ..........College, University of Karachi
Interests: Golf, Swimming, Squash, Hunting
International Team: Pakistan
County Team: Hampshire
IPL Team: Deccan Chargers
Of Shahid Afridi it can safely be said that cricket never
has and never will see another like him. To say he is an allrounder is to say
Albert Einstein was a scientist; it tells a criminally bare story.
For a start, the slant of his all-round skills only became
clear ten years into his career; he is a leg-spinning allrounder. Variety is
his calling and as well as a traditional leg-break, he has two googlies, a
conventional offie and a lethal faster one, though this is increasingly rare.
All come with the threat of considerable, late drift. He fairly hustles through
overs, which in limited-over formats is a weapon in itself and the package is
dangerous.
In 2009 Afridi became one of the World’s most expensive
cricketers in the IPL auction.
Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi is a cricket player
for the Pakistan National team. He exploded on to the cricket scene by scoring
the fastest century in ODIs in his very first innings. He was initially
selected as a bowler but after his big hitting in his 1st innings, he focused
more on his batting. In recent years he has gone back to focusing on his
bowling . His style of play is best suited to the shortest form of the game
T20s.
Career Highlights of SHAHID AFRIDI :
(1) On 4 October 1996, playing his maiden international
innings, Afridi hit the fastest One-Day century off 37 balls against Sri Lanka
in Nairobi. His innings included 28 runs off one of Sanath Jayasuriya's overs,
whose record he broke.
(2) Youngest player in history to make an ODI century at
just 16 years and 217 days with his 37 ball ton against Sri Lanka. It included
11 sixes and 6 fours.
(3) Made a half-century from 26 balls and took 3
second-innings wickets in Pakistan's series- drawing Test victory against India
in March 2005.
(4) Holds the joint record with Brian Lara for the third
fastest ODI century off 45 balls in April 2005 against India. This actually was
the first match that witnessed the Indian cricketer-turned-commentator Ravi
Shastri make him the nickname Boom Boom Afridi.
(5) Equal highest aggregate sixes scored in the 50-over
game, shared the legendary Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya, and he the
most sixes per innings record.
(6) Scored four consecutive sixes off a Harbhajan Singh over
in a Test match against India in January 2006, matching a feat that Kapil Dev
achieved in 1990.
(7) Was the First player to score 12 runs off one ball, by
hitting the roof of the Millennium Stadium. This took place in a game of Power
Cricket.
(8) Holds four of the top eight fastest ODI half centuries,
twice completed in 18 balls and twice in 20 balls. He has also scored a half
century of just 21 balls.
(9) Made 32 runs off a Malinga Bandara over in an ODI game
at Abu Dhabi in 2007. He struck four consecutive sixes and it was the 2nd most
expensive over in ODI history.
(10) Afridi is only third player in ODI history to achieve
the combination of 5000 runs and 200 wickets. The other players being Sri
Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya and South African Jacques Kallis.
(11) Bernie Geoffrion, a Canadian professional ice hockey
player and coach was also nicknamed "Boom Boom" Geoffrion
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