Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi, Boom Boom, Lala Biography History Information

Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi, Boom Boom, Lala Biography History Information

Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi (Urdu: شاہد افریدی‎; Pashto: شاهد افریدی‎; born 1 March 1975), chiefly known as Shahid Afridi, also referred to in the media as Boom Boom, is a Pakistani international cricketer and the former captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. As a successful all-rounder, Afridi was respected for his consistent bowling that relied on change of pace rather than spin, but he drew greater attention for his aggressive batting style. Afridi was the world record holder for the fastest ODI century in 37 deliveries and holds the distinction of having hit the most sixes in the history of ODI cricket.

Afridi considers himself a better bowler than batsman and has taken over 350 wickets in ODI and 48 Test wickets. As of January 2020, Afridi is 2nd on the chart of most T20I wickets, with 98 wickets from 99 matches.

On 19 February 2017, Afridi announced his retirement from international cricket. However, he made a brief return to international cricket after being selected to represent and captain the World XI against West Indies in the 2018 Hurricane Relief T20 Challenge charity match. Following the conclusion of the match, Afridi announced his retirement from international cricket at the Lord's cricket stadium on 31 May 2018. On 13 June 2020, Afridi confirmed that he has been tested positive for COVID-19 through his official Twitter account after experiencing severe body pain since 11 June 2020. He was actively involved in social service helping people across Balochistan in the remote areas during the lockdown imposed in the country prior to contracting with the coronavirus.

Personal information

Full name Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi
Born 1 March 1975 (age 45)
Khyber, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Nickname Boom Boom, Lala
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm leg spin
Role All-rounder
Relations Irfan Afridi (nephew)





International information

National side
Pakistan (1996–2018)
Test debut (cap 153) 22 October 1998 v Australia
Last Test 13 July 2010 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 109) 2 October 1996 v Kenya
Last ODI 20 March 2015 v Australia
ODI shirt no. 10
T20I debut (cap 8) 28 August 2006 v England
Last T20I 31 May 2018 v West Indies
T20I shirt no. 10
Domestic team information
Years Team
1995/96–2003/04 Karachi[A]
1997/98–2016/17 Habib Bank Limited
2004/05–2014/15 Karachi Dolphins
2007/08–2008/09 Sindh
2011–2012 Hampshire
2016–2017 Peshawar Zalmi (squad no. 10)
2016–2017 Hampshire
2018/19–2019/20 Multan Sultans (squad no. 10)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 27 398 99 113
Runs scored 1,716 8,064 1,416 5,695
Batting average 36.51 23.57 17.92 31.46
100s/50s 5/8 6/39 0/4 12/31
Top score 156 124 54* 164
Balls bowled 3,194 17,670 2,168 13,657
Wickets 48 395 98 266
Bowling average 35.60 34.51 24.44 26.68
5 wickets in innings 1 9 0 8
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/52 7/12 4/11 6/101
Catches/stumpings 10/– 127/– 30/– 78/–




Early and personal life

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.




Retirement

In July 2010, Afridi announced his retirement from Test cricket. After the 2015 ICC World Cup, he retired from ODI cricket as well. In February 2017, he announced his retirement from T20Is and international cricket. However, in April 2018, he was named in the Rest of the World XI squad for the one-off T20I against the West Indies, which was played at Lord's on 31 May 2018. He went on to captain the side, after Eoin Morgan had to withdraw due to injury.