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Pakistani cricketer
Born: March 1, 1980 (age 40 years), Khyber Agency, Pakistan
Height: 1.82 m
Spouse: Nadia Afridi
Children: Ajwa Afridi, Ansha Afridi, Aqsa Afridi, Asmara Afridi
Current teams: Multan Sultans (All-rounder), Cumilla Warriors (All-rounder), Dhaka Platoon (All-rounder)
NICKNAME: Boom Boom Afridi and Shah
FULL NAME: Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi
PROFESSION: Cricketer (All-rounder)
NATIONALITY: Pakistani
AGE: 40 years old (in 2020)
DATE OF BIRTH: 1 March 1980
BIRTHPLACE: Khyber Agency, FATA, Pakistan
ZODIAC SIGN: Pisces
HEIGHT: 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m)
WEIGHT: 77 kg (170 lbs)
CHEST: 42 Inches
WAIST: 36 inches
BODY TYPE: Athletic
BICEPS: 15 Inches
HAIR COLOR: Light Brown
EYE COLOR: Black
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In the first international innings which Afridi played from Pakistan cricket team, he broke the record for fastest century in ODI cricket, hitting a century on 37 balls.
He was just 16 years of age when he hit that century.
It was his second international match and technically he scored the fastest hundred in his first ODI innings.
That took him 11 sixes and 6 fours to achieve that incredible feat.
Shahid Afridi has nine 5 Wickets haul in ODIs. He has over 8000 runs and 395 wickets in 398 ODIs.
He is the fifth highest wicket taker in ODIs.
Shahid Afridi was also the leading wicket taker in T20Is. He got 91 scalps in 90 matches. The next best is Gul with 85 wickets.
With 32 Man of the Match Awards, he sits fifth on the list of the most number of ” Man of the Match” awards .
Boom boom Afridi has three ”Man of the Series” awards and is regarded as a fine T20 specialist player.
Afridi has a film made on his name “Main hoon Shahid Afridi”.
He is known for his charity back in Pakistan and runs hospitals and educational institutes for the needy.
He is cherished as the best Pakistani cricketer in his country.
With 398 ODIs he is the fifth most capped player only behind SRT, Mahela, Jayasuriya and Sanga to name a few.
He played the World T20 2016 which is held in India and this was his last World Cup appearance.
In his autobiography, Game Changer (2019), Afridi revealed his year of birth as 1975.
It had earlier been reported that he was born in Khyber Agency, Pakistan to an Afridi tribe of Pashtuns in 1980.
He belongs to a family of Sufi pirs (teachers or spiritual masters) and his grandfather Maulana Muhammad Ilyas was a well-known spiritual figure in Bhutan Sharif, a locality in the Tirah Valley.
His other grandfather, Sahibzada Abdul Baqi, was given the title Ghazi-e-Kashmir (conqueror of Kashmir) for his efforts during the First Kashmir War.
He married his maternal cousin Nadia Afridi and has five daughters.
Afridi was drafted to the Pakistan senior national team after fine performances at the under-19 championship circuit starting the 1994–95 season.
Playing for the Karachi Whites, he helped his team win the title the following season picking 42 wickets in five matches at an impressive average of 9.59.
Later that season, Afridi had played against the visiting England A and West Indies Youth teams and a few first-class games for Karachi Whites in the senior National Championship.