Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi

Personal information
Full name Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi
Born 1 March 1980 (1980-03-01) (age 30)
Khyber Agency, FATA, Pakistan
Nickname Boom Boom Afridi
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm leg break
Role All rounder
Domestic team information
Years Team
2009–present South Australia
2008–present Deccan Chargers
2007–present Sind
2006 Ireland
2004 Kent
2003–04 Griqualand West
2003 Derbyshire
2001 Leicestershire
2001 Marylebone Cricket Club
1997–2008 Habib Bank Limited
1995–present Karachi
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I
Matches 27 296 35
Runs scored 1,716 6,222 584
Batting average 37.40 23.93 18.83
100s/50s 5/8 6/30 0/3
Top score 156 124 54*
Balls bowled 3,194 12,555 816
Wickets 48 278 44
Bowling average 35.60 34.73 19.13
5 wickets in innings 1 3 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0
Best bowling 5/52 6/38 4/11
Catches/stumpings 10/– 99/– 11/–

Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi (Urdu: صاحبزادہ محمد شاہد خان آفریدی) (born 1 March 1980 in Khyber Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas)[1], popularly known as Shahid Afridi (Pashto: شاهد ‏افریدی) is a Pakistani cricketer and current ODI and Twenty20 captain of the Pakistani national team in the international circuit. He made his ODI debut on 2 October 1996 against Kenya in Nairobi[2] and his Test debut on 22 October 1998 against Australia at Karachi.[3]

He is known for his aggressive batting style, and currently holds the highest career strike rate in the history of international cricket. He also holds the record for the fastest one day century which he made in his debut innings,[4][5] as well as scoring 32 runs in a single over, the second highest scoring over ever in an ODI.[6] He also holds the distinction of having hit the most number of sixes in the history of One Day International cricket.[7] In a survey, Afridi was named as the most popular cricketer in Pakistan