Personal Information About Shahid Afridi |
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| Name:- | Shaibzada Muhammad Shahid Khan Afridi |
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| Nick Name:- | Boom Boom Afridi & Lala |
| D.O.B:- | 01-March- 1980 |
| National Side:- | Pakistani |
| Place of Birth:- | Khyber Agency |
| Horoscope:- | Pieces |
| Religion:- | Islam |
| Height:- | 5 ft 11 inch |
| Marital Status:- | Married |
| Profession:- | Pakistani Cricketer (All-Rounder) |
| Role:- | All-Rounder |
| Style of Batting:- | Right-handed |
| Style of Bowling:- | Right Arm Leg Break Spin |
Shahid Afridi Family Info |
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| Father Name:- | Late Sahabzada Fazal-ur-Rehman Afridi |
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| Mother Name:- | Not Known (Died) |
| Brother Name:- | Tariq Afridi, Iqbal Afridi, Mushtaq Afridi, Ashfaq Afridi, Shoaib Afridi, and Javed Afridi (Cousin) |
| Sister Name:- | 4 (Name Not Known) |
| Children:- | Ansha Afridi, Aqsa Afridi |
| Shahid Afridi Wife:- | Nadia Afridi |
| Shahid Afridi Net Worth:- | USD $47 Million |
Childhood and Education of Shahid Afridi
The king of cricket Shahid Khan Afridi also known as Boom Boom Afridi, was born on 1 st March 1980 at Khyber Agency, FATA, Pakistan. He is from the Afridi Tribes of the Pashtuns. Shahid Afridi is also known for his aggressive style of batting with excellent spin bowling. Shahid’s father’s name is Fazal Rehman. Afridi received his early education from his native place FATA, during Afridi’s education era he was most of the time found playing cricket because he loves cricket from his childhood, most of the school time he found playing cricket with his friends, sometimes in parks, street and other places nearby his school, his father said that he had lots o interest towards cricket even most of the time he was beaten by his father but despite all of this Afridi never let go the interest in cricket. Afridi is married and his wife’s name is Nadia Afridi, he has four daughters. His cousin Javed Afridi is the CEO of Haier Pakistan.
Personal Life of Shahid Afridi
Shahid Afridi is a great all-rounder in the cricket world and also an excellent person. Afridi has been found shy while talking to girls. He married his cousin and her name is Nadia, now Afridi’s love has been divided among his wife and fans. Afridi has well manner personality, he respects elders, loves kids and he considers his parents the world. Afridi is strict as far as concerned to religion is. He is spending a very cool and comfortable life with his family and lovely daughters.
Shahid Afridi’s Career and Records
Domestic and International Career of Shahid Afridi
Afridi starts his career in domestic cricket, played domestic cricket in Karachi, and joined the team as a leg spin bowler. Just after one year of Domestic cricket, he starts his international career at that time when the four-nation cup tournament was in progress. Shahid Afridi wasn’t part of this tournament but when the spin bowling legend Mushtaq Ahmed who was part of this tournament got injured so in place of him Shahid Afridi was called as an alternative Mushtaq Ahmed for the tournament. Afridi played his first international game against Kenya and in his first match, he could not perform well. In the next match against Sri Lanka Afridi was sent to play at the number 3 position for batting. When Afridi came onto the ground and starts playing he play short all around the ground and made a record as 100 runs just in 37 balls, this was the record inning in an international career. After this match, Shahid Afridi’s name was highlighted and he won the hearts of the cricket lovers and officials of the Pakistan Cricket Board. Afridi was very young when he starts his international career, he debuted at the age of 16 only.
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Just after two years of his international career, Afridi got a chance to play a test match, he played his first test match against Australia on 22 October 1998. In this test match, Afridi opened the inning but could not play well and got out soon but Afridi’s bowling performance was no doubt excellent as he took 5 wickets in his first inning. Afridi was playing his second test match against India, Pakistan cricket team toured India and in this test match Afridi made his first test century, not only century but he also took 3 wickets. In this test match with the excellent performance of Shahid, Afridi Pakistan won the match against India. The second test match was won by India and this series ended at the level.
Shahid Afridi played his third test match against England, by Afridi’s previous performances it has been said that he is an exceptional player of cricket, with this fact it is also true that he isn’t consistent as he should be, Afridi’s batting and bowling style is good but need to make it perfect, therefore Bob Woolmer the former cricket team coachwork very hard with him and due to his efforts and hard worked the consistency came into the Afridi’s batting and he was too much consistent in the year of 2005.
Shahid Afridi’s performances as a Captain
Shahid Afridi playing his international matches very sensibly and his international career is running with his performances, sometimes his performance was very best and at its top level, and sometimes he is out on a duck. He got a chance of captaincy when Younus Khan the captain of the T20 World Cup 2009 announced his retirement, then the cricket board of Pakistan was given the responsibility of captaincy of him. Shahid Afridi took the position of captain heartedly. Due to Afridi’s good performances as a captain, Pakistan Cricket Board also appointed him as the captain of the One Day International cricket team, after selection Afridi has been captain for 2 years for ODI from 2009 to 2011. Shahid Afridi’s performance in the World Cup 2011 has been exceptional and due to his good manner and united team, Pakistan qualified for the Semi-Final, but unfortunately, Pakistan lost the match against India and could not win the World Cup 2011.
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When Pakistan toured to West Indies at that time Waqar Younus was the coach and he criticized Afridi, Waqar Younus said that Shahid Afridi is not good as the Captain, so the Pakistan Cricket Board appointed Misbah-ul- Haq for the ODI Captain, in this situation and in a reaction Shahid Afridi announced retirement from the International Cricket for protest.
After the change of Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, the Chairman called Afridi and solved his problems. Shahid Afridi during his every match always tried to hit the ball and tried to take the wicket, he is a very emotional player, but it is true that when Afridi is standing in front of the bowler the heart beats of cricket lovers turn very fast, he could do anything with the ball. Cricket lovers always want him to play.
Shahid Afridi is holding many records and hitting the most sixes, in the history of cricket Shahid Afridi kept the record of the most hitting sixes by any player.
Short View of Shahid Afridi’s Career Information |
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| Test Debut: At National Stadium, against Australia on 22 October 1998. |
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| Last Test Match: At Lord’s against Australia on 13 th July 2010. |
| ODI Debut: Agha Khan Sports Club Ground against Kenya on 2 and October 1996. |
| Last ODI: At Adelaide Oval against Australia on 20 March 2015. |
| T20 Debut: At Country Ground against England on 28 th August 2006. |
| Last T20: Punjab Cricket Association Stadium against Australia on 25 th March 2016. |
| IPL Debut: At Rajive Gandhi International Stadium against Delhi Daredevils on 22 April 2008. |
| Last IPL: At Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium against Chennai Super Kings on 27 th May 2008. |
Shahid Afridi’s Career |
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| Fastest Century: Shahid Afridi made 100 runs just in 37 balls. |
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| He also holds the records of 4 th (100 runs of 45 balls) and 7 th (100 runs of 53 balls). |
| Fastest Fifty: he also holds the record in ODIs twice hitting the second fastest fifty just on 18 balls. |
| Afridi also has the record for hitting the fifth fastest fifty just on 19 balls. |
| He also scored the 50s off 20, 21, and 22 balls. |
The youngest player who scores a hundred
At the age of 16 years, Afridi scored his 1 st International career century.
Highest Career Strike Rate
Shahid has the highest strike rate in ODIs (5882 runs) and his strike rate of 113.82 per 100 balls.
Most sixes in career
He also holds the record for hitting the most sixes in ODIs; Afridi has so far smashed 289 sixes in 325 matches.
Most runs of one over
Afridi is in number 2 position in making the most run off one over in One Day Internationals in 2007, he smashed CM Bandara for 32 runs in one over.
Most matches in Career
In the list of most ODI played by a cricketer Afridi is in number 10 position, and among the Pakistani player, he is at number 3.
Most Man of the Matches Awards
24 times Shahid Afridi has won the title of Man of the Match in his career, and among the Pakistani players, he is in the second position.
Most Wickets in Career
Afridi’s name is on the 11 th number among the players who have taken more than 300 wickets in ODIs. Afridi is also the 3 rd highest wicket-taker from Pakistan in ODIs.
Most Wickets in T20 Career
In T20 Internationals Afridi holds the record of being the leading wickets taker, he got 53 wickets.
Shahid Afridi’s Net Worth
The Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi’s estimated net worth is $ 47 Million.
Shahid Afridi’s Salary: $ 2.5 Million
Shahid Afridi’s Sponsors: Q-Mobile, Head & Amp; Shoulder, PepsiCo
