Saturday, 18 January 2014

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Shahid Afridi born Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi born on 1 March 1980 is a Pakistani Cricketer Between 1996 and 2012, Afridi played 27  Tests ,350 One Day International  and 59 Twenty20 International  (T20Is) for the Pakistani national team. He made his ODI debut on 2 October 1996 against Kenya and his Tests  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

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