Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi known as Shahid Afridi is a former Pakistani cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. An all-rounder, Afridi was a right-handed leg spinner and a right-handed batsman.
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Afridi made his ODI debut in 1996 against Kenya. In his second ODI match against Sri Lanka, he played his first international innings and broke the record for the fastest century in ODI cricket (doing so in 37 deliveries).
Afridi made his T20I debut against England in 2006. Afridi was named player of the tournament of the 2007 T20 World Cup. He was not selected afterwards and on 19 February 2017, Afridi announced his retirement from international cricket.
He made a brief return to international cricket after being selected to represent and captain the World XI against the West Indies in the 2018 Hurricane Relief T20 Challenge charity match.
Following the conclusion of the match, Afridi announced his retirement from international cricket again on 31 May 2018.
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Shahid Afridi Parents: Meet Sahabzada Afridi
He was born in 1977 to father Sahabzada Afridi and his wife. 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 Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948.
Pakistan’s star cricketer and former captain Shahid Afridi lost his father on Wednesday. Sahabzada Fazal-Ur-Rehman Afridi passed away after a prolonged illness.
Afridi’s father was admitted to Aga Khan Hospital after he suffered a severe heart attack. Due to his father’s illness, Afridi returned home earlier this month midway from England. He was representing Hampshire County in England.
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