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Shahid Afridi
(
Urdu
:
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), born on 1 March 1977)
[4]
is a Pakistani
cricketer
. He played 27
Tests
, 350
One Day Internationals
, and 59
Twenty20 Internationals
(T20Is) for the
Pakistani national team
between 1996 and 2012. He first played a ODI match on 2 October 1996 against
Kenya
. He played his first Test match on 22 October 1998 against
Australia
.
On 4 October 1996, Afridi scored the fastest ODI century in just 37 balls.
[5]
He held this record for 12 years, until
Corey Anderson
broke it in 2013.
[6]
He scored 32 runs in a single over, the sixth highest scoring over ever in an ODI.
[7]
He has also hit the most number of sixes in the history of ODI cricket.
[8]
He holds the record of most wickets in T20 from Pakistan. Indian former cricketer Ravi Shastari gave him the title of "Boom Boom".
- ↑
Not every team that Shahid has played for are listed here. Those that he played for in only one season have been omitted.
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