Who Is Shahid Khan Afridi?! SHAHID KHAN AFRIDI one of the most well known Pakistani cricketers who need no introduction in world of cricket across the globe is known as BOOM BOOM among fans and LALA among his team members. He is the most popular due to his aggressive batting style and holds a lot of international records including the Most Number of Sixes sixes in ODI, 2nd fastest century of ODI, scoring maximum(32) runs in one over, longest six in the history of cricket. He is one of the most unpredictable players who can change the game at any critical or last moment. He had not only crazy fame due to his cricket but also for his charming and impressive personality with Height 5 feet, 11 inches. in his personality his beard added much more. Due to his attractive personality public is crazy for his one glimpse on the crease. His presence remains as ray of hope for viewers till the last moment no matter how difficult the match might. in Age of 18 years 333 days, Shahid Afridi Scored his 1st Test Hundred. that makes him 7th Youngest Batsmen to Score a Century in Test Cricket History. in 2004, Shahid Afridi Scored a Half Century Against India at Bangalore on Just 26 balls. that was 2nd Fastest Fifty in Test Cricket. in 2005, Shahid Afridi Smashed 27 Runs in a Over of Harbhajan Singh in Lahore Test. That Was joint 2nt Most Runs in An Over of Test Match. in 2006, Shahid Afridi Smashed 4 Consecutive Sixer Of Harbhajan Singh’s Over at Lahore. Thais is Still a World Record for Most Sixes in An Over of Test Match. in 2010, Shahid Afridi Scored 31 Runs in 15 Balls, With Strike Rate of 206.66. Ground Was Lords and Opposition Was Australia. That Was 12th Highest Strike Rate in an Inning of Test Match. In 1996, Shahid Afridi Smashed his 1st Ever Century Against Srilanka, Facing Just 37 Balls. That Wast the Fastest ODI’s Century in History in Cricket. the Record of Fastest Century in ODI Broken by CJ Anderson Who Scored a Hundred Playing Just 36 Balls. Shahid Afridi is the youngest player ever to Score a one- day International’s century. He scored his first century of International career at the age of just 16-years and 217- days, Against Srilanka 1996. Afridi has Scored 18 Ball fifty three times in ODI’s. has recent fastest fifty was against bangladesh, in asia cup 2014. afridi smashed a fifty in 18 balls with help of 6 sixes. Shahid Afridi Has A Very Unique Record of Hitting Most Number of Sixes in One Day Internationals. Boom Boom Smashed 333 Sixes in His Incredible ODI Career. Longest Six in History, Shahid Afridi Smashed 158 meters long Six, Afridi hit it against South Africa in 3rd ODI at Johannesburg on March 17, 2013. BOOM BOOM made 88 runs of just 48 balls in The Match, With the help of 7 Huge Sixes. Shahid Afridi has won the man of the match award 32 times in his career, the most by any Pakistani player, Saeed Anwar is second with 31 Man of the Match Awards. 5th Overall in History of One Day Cricket. Shahid Afridi has the highest strike-rate in one-day International’s. he Scored more than 7600 runs at a strike-rate of 115.11 per 100 balls. (Minimum qualification for this record 1000 ODI runs) In ODI Worldcup 2011, Afridi Makes Another World Record. He Took 22 Wickets During Such Tournament, That Was Most Number of Wickets by Any Captain in History of ODI Cricket. In 2013, Shahid Afridi Bowled A Magical Spell of Bowling Against West Indies, Where he Took 7 Wickets Giving Away Just 12 Runs. That Was The 2nd Best Bowling Performance in ODI History. With More Than 7600 Runs in ODI’s, and More Than 370 Wickets. Shahid Afridi is The Only Player in the History of One Day Cricket Who Achieved the Milestone. Sanath Jayasuriya is the 2nd in List With 323 Wickets and 13,430 Runs. only player who took 5 wicket + score a fifty three time. Lala Has Done This Magic Three Times in His Career. Against England, Srilanka and West Indies he Took 5 Wickets and Scored a Half Century. Most matches in career Shahid Afridi is 6th in the list of most one-day International’s played by a cricketer. Among the Pakistani cricketers he sits in at number three behind only Inzamam-ul-Haq and Wasim Akram. Shahid Afridi Is Only Player to Have More Than 1000 Runs and Over 50 Wickets In T20Is. Only Player Who have more than 1,000 runs and 50 wickets. he completed his 1,000 runs in world twenty20 2014. and has also 75 wickets, which is 3rd most wicket in t20I history. Most Wickets in T20 world cups. Shahid Afridi Has Taken 41 Wickets in different T20 Worldcups. This is Still a World Record. 7th most wickets in a calendar year, 18 Wickets. Joint 2nd most 4 wicket hauls. Only Pakistani & 2nd Player in Cricket history, Who Scored More Then 10,000 Runs & Took 500 plus Wickets in International Career. the record achieved by Shahid Afridi vs Australia in World T20. Glenn Maxwell was his 500th victim. You Can Hate Him, You Can Love Him But You Cant Ignore Him :)
Posted on: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 10:22:20 +0000
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