Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi known as Shahid Afridi is a former Pakistani cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. An all-rounder, Afridi was a right-handed leg spinner and a right-handed batsman.
Afridi made his ODI debut in 1996 against Kenya. In his second ODI match against Sri Lanka, he played his first international innings and broke the record for the fastest century in ODI cricket (doing so in 37 deliveries).
Afridi made his T20I debut against England in 2006. Afridi was named player of the tournament of the 2007 T20 World Cup. He was not selected afterwards and on 19 February 2017, Afridi announced his retirement from international cricket.
He made a brief return to international cricket after being selected to represent and captain the World XI against the West Indies in the 2018 Hurricane Relief T20 Challenge charity match.
Following the conclusion of the match, Afridi announced his retirement from international cricket again on 31 May 2018.
Shahid Afridi Stats
Batting Career Summary
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 200 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 27 | 48 | 1 | 1716 | 156 | 36.51 | 1973 | 86.97 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 220 | 52 |
| ODI | 398 | 369 | 27 | 8064 | 124 | 23.58 | 6892 | 117.01 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 729 | 351 |
| T20I | 99 | 91 | 12 | 1416 | 54 | 17.92 | 944 | 150.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 103 | 73 |
| IPL | 10 | 9 | 1 | 81 | 33 | 10.12 | 46 | 176.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Shahid Afridi Longest Six
Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi unofficially holds the record for the longest six in cricket history when he cleared 153 metres against South Africa in the third ODI at Johannesburg on March 17, 2013.
The biggest six in cricket came in the fourth ball of the 35th over. Shahid Afridi had already hit Ryan McLaren for 12 runs in four deliveries. With the pressure mounting, McLaren gave away two extra runs before conceding the six.
McLaren gifted Afridi a length ball, and the former Pakistan captain smashed it over the roof and out of the stadium.
Afridi, who once held the record for the fastest ODI century, scored 88 off just 48 balls, chasing a mammoth 344 set by the South Africa cricket team. But Pakistan lost the match by 34 runs.
Years later, however, the six were recorded in the ICC books at 120 metres.
Shahid Afridi Batting Style
Right-handed. His general style of batting was very aggressive and attack-oriented. Due to this reason, Indian cricketer Ravi Shastri gave him the nickname “Boom Boom”.
Moreover, out of the seven fastest ODI centuries of all time, Afridi has produced three of them. Throughout his career, he had an ODI strike rate of 117 runs per 100 balls, the third-highest in the game’s history
Shahid Afridi Batting Average
Career Averages
Batting & Fielding
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 27 | 48 | 1 | 1716 | 156 | 36.51 | 1973 | 86.97 | 5 | 8 | 220 | 52 | 10 | 0 |
| ODI | 398 | 369 | 27 | 8064 | 124 | 23.57 | 6892 | 117.00 | 6 | 39 | 730 | 351 | 127 | 0 |
| T20I | 99 | 91 | 12 | 1416 | 54* | 17.92 | 944 | 150.00 | 0 | 4 | 103 | 73 | 30 | 0 |
| FC | 113 | 185 | 4 | 5695 | 164 | 31.46 | 12 | 31 | 78 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 501 | 467 | 31 | 10881 | 124 | 24.95 | 8 | 58 | 153 | 0 | ||||
| T20 | 329 | 279 | 38 | 4399 | 101 | 18.25 | 2858 | 153.91 | 1 | 10 | 326 | 252 | 97 | 0 |
Shahid Afridi Number of Centuries
5
Shahid Afridi Runs Scored
| Competition | Test | ODI | T20I | FC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 27 | 398 | 99 | 113 |
| Runs scored | 1,716 | 8,064 | 1,416 | 5,695 |