ahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi

ahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi (Pashto: صاحبزاده محمد شاهد خان افریدی, Urdu: صاحبزادہ محمد شاہد خان آفریدی) (born 1 March 1980 in Khyber Agency), popularly known as Shahid Afridi (Pashto: شاهد ‏افریدی) is a Pakistani cricketer currently playing for the Pakistani national team in the international circuit.

He made his ODI debut on 2 October 1996 against Kenya in Nairobi[1] and his Test debut on 22 October 1998 against Australia at Karachi.[2] He is known for his aggressive batting style, and currently holds the highest career strike rate in the history of international cricket. In a recent survey, Afridi was named as the most popular cricketer in Pakistan.[3] He also holds the record for the fastest one day century which he made in his debut innings [4][5], as well as scoring 32 runs in a single over, the second highest scoring over ever in an ODI.[6]

Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 26 288 109 378
Runs scored 1,683 5,830 5,598 8,478
Batting average 37.40 23.13 31.80 25.23
100s/50s 5/8 4/30 12/30 6/49
Top score 156 109 164 114
Balls bowled 3,092 12,075 13,391 16,110
Wickets 47 269 257 371
Bowling average 34.89 34.53 27.05 33.42
5 wickets in innings 1 3 8 5
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 5/52 6/38 6/101 6/38
Catches/stumpings 10/– 97/– 75/– 118/–