Shahid Afridi

Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi ( born March 1, 1980 in Khyber Agency, FATA), better known as Shahid Afridi, is a Pakistani cricketer. In a test match, 34 One- Day International matches ( ODIs ) and Twenty20 Internationals 19 ( T20Is ) he was captain of the Pakistani cricket team. Overall, he has completed 27 tests, 347 ODIs and 50 T20Is. No other player in the world has played in more T20Is than he.

Career

Shahid Afridi made ​​his international debut at age 16 in an ODI against Kenya, however, played only as a bowler. In the immediately following match against Sri Lanka he made ​​her first appearance as a batsman, breaking several records:

• Fastest ODI Century He needed only 37 balls for his 100 runs
• Previous record: Sanath Jayasuriya with 48 balls

In this game that won Pakistan, he was elected the Man of the Match. It should be the beginning of a long and very successful career in the ODI Afridi to date has completed 347 matches, 34 of them as captain. He was originally known primarily for its aggressive and therefore risky batting technique. This has made ​​him a crowd favorite, especially in his home country. So much so that often a significant proportion of the spectators leaving the stadium when Afridi lost his wicket. In the recent past, but rather the bowling has become his strength.

His Test debut was Afridi only 2 years after his ODI debut. At this time he had already contested 66 ODIs for Pakistan, as many as up to then no one before his Test debut. His career in this game form was not crowned with similar success as those in ODI and T20I.

In T20 International Afridi was a member of the team which was by winning the ICC World Twenty20 2009 world champion in this game form. Immediately thereafter, he was equipped with the captain dignity in T20I. On June 3, 2012 Afridi denied the first player ever to be 50th T20 International.