Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi was born on 1 march
1980 in Khyber Agency,.He is known for
his aggressive batting style, and holds the record for the fastest ODI century
which he made in his first international innings, as well as scoring 32 runs in
a single over, the second highest scoring over ever in an ODI. He also holds
the distinction of having hit the most number of sixes in the history of ODI
cricket. Afridi considers himself a better bowler than batsman, and has taken
48 Test wickets and over 300 in ODIs. Currently Afridi is the leading wicket
taker in the Twenty20 format taking 53 wickets from 43 matches.
In June 2009 Afridi took over the Twenty20 captaincy from Younus Khan,
and was later appointed ODI captain for the 2010 Asia Cup. In his first match
as ODI captain against Sri Lanka he scored a century however Pakistan still
lost by 16 runs. He then also took over the Test captaincy but resigned after
one match in charge citing lack of form and ability to play Test cricket; at
the same time he announced his retirement from Tests. He retained the captaincy
in limited-overs form of the game and led the team in the 2011 World Cup.
Amongst his highlights while captaining Pakistan include leading the team to
their first ODI series win in two-years. In May 2011, having led Pakistan in 34
ODIs Afridi was replaced as captain. Afridi announced his retirement from ODI cricket after 2015 Cricket World Cup.




