Shahid Afridi Wife, Height, Age, Teams, Jersey Number, Stats
Published on: Jul 24, 2018 3:26 pm IST|Updated on: Apr 24, 2024 4:33 pm IST
Pakistan‘s legendry cricketer Shahid Afridi was born and brough up in Khyber Agency, FATA, Pakistan. He is one of the gems of Cricket which pakistan has ever produced. He scored a 37-ball century in his 2nd ODI against Sri Lanka. Shahid Afridi has a unique record of 32 Man of the Match title which is received be a Pakistani ever. Once he took retirement from international cricket as a protest against the PCB chairman. Afridi was a controversial character of the cricketing world he once provoked Shoaib Akhtar that he said he will hit Mohammed Asif with a bat. He posted a controversial tweet to UN to interfere in the Kashmir which is occupied by India and take measures to prevent the killing of “innocents.”
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He has been awarded the Man of the Match in 32 of his apperaence which is the most by a Pakistani ever.
Afridi was awarded an “Ambassadors Achievement Award” by Pakistan’s Ambassador to Bahrain.
Shahid Afridi was also awarded an Honorary lifetime membership award by MCC.
He was appointed as the ambassador of Pakistan Cricket. \
Afridi was given the Sportsman of the Decade Award from the UAE Minister of Tolerance, HH Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan.
Controversies
He was banned for 2 ODIs and a Test match in 2005 after video cameras caught him for intentionally scrapping the pitch with the studs in a Test match against the Englishmen.
During the 3rd ODI against Pakistan at Kanpur in 2007, he had a heated conversation with Gautam Gambhir.
In an interview, he said the squad had been selected without his consultation in 2010 after that PCB gave him an official warning.
He was captured on camera for pushing a fan at the Karachi Airport after winning the Asia cup in 2012 while he was returning from Dhaka.
Once Shoaib Akhtar said he hit Mohammed Asif with a bat because Afridi provoked him to do so.
He posted a controversial tweet to UN to interfere in the Kashmir which is occupied by India and take measures to prevent the killing of “innocents.”
Lesser Known Facts
Afridi started his career by replacing Mushtaq Ahmed in Sameer cup in 1996-97.
Shahid used Tendulkar’s bat to score the world’s 3rd fastest ODI century in 37 balls against Sri Lanka in Nairobi in 1996.
He took 5 wickets by conceding 52 runs against Australia in his Test Debut in 1998.
His cousin brother Javed Afridi is the CEO of a mobile company in Pakistan.
During the 3rd ODI against Pakistan at Kanpur in 2007, he had a heated conversation with Gambhir.
He has a charity foundation named Shahid Afridi Foundation
He captained Pakistan in limited overs format from 2009 to 2011
Shahid announced his retirement from international cricket as a protest against the PCB chairman, and later on, he came back after the chairman was replaced.
His family owns a Toyota Showroom in Karachi.
Shahid is the slowest batsman to reach 7000 runs in about 316 innings.
Shahid has the worst batting average of 23.31 among 87 batsmen who made more than 4000 ODI runs.
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