Shahid Khan Afridi (Urdu: شاہدآفریدی; Pashto: شاهد اپریدی; conceived 1980) is a Pakistani expert cricketer and skipper of the Twenty20 establishment Peshawar Zalmi. Once he was likewise chief of the Pakistan national cricket team. Considered as a legend in Pakistani cricket history, Afridi is viewed as one of the best huge hitting cricketers ever. He likewise holds a record of taking most wickets97 and most player-of-the match honors in Twenty20 International cricket.
He is known for his forceful batting style,and beforehand held the record for the quickest ODI century in 37 conveyances. He likewise holds the qualification of having hit the most number of sixes in the historical backdrop of ODI cricket Afridi sees himself as a superior bowler than batsman, and has taken 48 Test wickets and more than 350 in ODIs. Right now Afridi is driving the graph of most T20I wickets with 92 wickets from 92 matches Shahid Afridi has marked to play for Sydney Thunder in Australia's Twenty20 Big Bash group.
In June 2009, Afridi assumed control over the Twenty20 captaincy from Younus Khan, and was later selected ODI commander for the 2010 Asia Cup. In his first match as ODI skipper against Sri Lanka he scored a century however Pakistan still lost by 16 runs. He then additionally assumed control over the Test captaincy however surrendered after one match in control refering to absence of structure and capacity to play Test cricket; in the meantime he reported his retirement from Tests. He held the captaincy in constrained overs type of the amusement and drove the group in the 2011 World Cup. In May 2011, having driven Pakistan in 34 ODIs, Afridi was supplanted as commander. Soon thereafter he reported his restrictive retirement from worldwide cricket in challenge against his treatment by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Be that as it may, in October he switched his choice. He is additionally plays for and is the chief of Peshawar Zalmi which is possessed by his cousin Javed Afridi in Pakistan Super League.
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