Sahaid Khan Afridi
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Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi,
better known as Shahid Afridi
; born on 1 March 1980)[4] or Boom Boom Afridi, is a Pakistani
professional cricketer and the current captain of the franchise Peshawar Zalmi and the former captain of the Pakistan T20 national
team.[5] Considered as a legend in Pakistani cricket history, Afridi is regarded as one of the greatest big-hitting
cricketers of all time. He also holds a record of taking most wickets(97) and most player-of-the match awards in Twenty20
International cricket.
He is known for his
aggressive batting style, and previously held the record for the fastest ODI
century in 37 deliveries. 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 leading the chart of most T20I wickets with 92 wickets from 92 matches.[9] 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. He is also plays for and is the captain of Peshawar Zalmi which is owned by his cousin Javed
Afridi in Pakistan Super League