Who is Afridi ?

• Shahid Afridi

(Urdu: شاہدآفریدی‎), born Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi also known as Boom Boom Afridi born on 1 March 1980) 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 Kenya and his Test debut on 22 October 1998 against Australia.

He is known for his aggressive batting style,
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.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 350 in ODIs. Currently Afridi is third on the list of leading wicket takers in the Twenty20 format, behind Saeed Ajmal and Umer Gul of Pakistan, taking 73 wickets from 70 matches. Shahid Afridi has signed to play for Sydney Thunder in 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). 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.

• Batting style:

His general style of batting is very aggressive and attack oriented and has earned him the nickname "Boom Boom Afridi". Moreover, out of the seven fastest ODI centuries of all time, Afridi has produced three of them.As of May 2013, he has an ODI strike rate of 114.53 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 86.97. 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.

• shahid afridi bowling style:  

Possessing started out to be a quick bowler, Afridi chose to start out bowling spin and rewrite following he or she seemed to be informed he or she seemed to be tossing. They modelled him or her self upon Pakistan leg-spinner Abdul Qadir. Afridi started out his or her job since generally any bowler, on the other hand following rating the speediest century inside his or her first ODI innings more seemed to be envisioned associated with your ex with all the softball bat. They looks at him or her self a much better bowler than batsman. Whilst he is renowned pertaining to his or her aggressive batting, he is likewise any convenient leg-spinner capable of desigining a beneficial mixture of wicket acquiring golf balls. She has around 350 Worldwide wickets, nearly all of which can be through the ODI format. Whilst his or her stock basketball is the lower leg separate, his or her armoury likewise involves the conventional off separate and a "quicker one" which they can produce from the kind of any medium-pacer, hitting rates associated with all around 130 km/h (81 mph). They bowls in a large rate for just a rewriter, producing lower convert, and depending more upon modifications inside rate. They at times transmits decrease any bouncer into a batsman, which can be quite unusual for just a spin and rewrite bowler.

•  shahid afridi domestic career: 

throughout 2001, Afridi brought in some sort of agreement to help signify Leicestershire. In 5 first-class complements he have scored 295 goes in an average of 44. 14, as well as some sort of best ranking of 164, and got 11 wickets in an average of fouthy-six. 45; Afridi additionally played out 11 some day complements for that team, rating 481 goes in an average of forty five. '08 and having 20 wickets in twenty four. 2008. Their best ranking of 92 originated 58 baseballs in a semi-final of the C&G Trophy that can help Leicestershire conquer Lancashire by 7 wickets. Derbyshire Region Cricket Club brought in Afridi to help participate in for him or her in the very first 8 weeks of the 2003 British cricket time of year. In July 2004 Afridi brought in with British local part Kent to help participate in for him or her throughout 3 Twenty20 complements and another Tote sport Category go with..