Shaheen Shah Afridi (Urdu: شاھین شاہ آفریدی, Pashto: شاهین شاہ آفریدی; conceived 6 April 2000) is a Pakistani expert cricketer who plays as a quick bowler for the Pakistan public cricket crew. He made his global presentation for Pakistan in April 2018 and his Test match debut for the public group in December 2018.
In 2017, Afridi was noted as a 6-foot 6 inch 17-year-old Pakistani quick bowling ability who can bowl at 90 mph, and furthermore for his huge hitting ability.[5] He sees himself as an all-rounder and looks to succeed in bowling, batting and fielding.[6] In August 2018, he was one of 33 players to be granted a focal agreement for the 2018-19 season by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The next year, Afridi was granted the Sir Garfield Sobers Prize (Cricketer of the Year).[9] Afridi was named as the chief of the Lahore Qalandars for 2022 Pakistan Super Association in late 2021.
Contents
1 Early life and vocation
2 Domestic and T20 vocation
3 International vocation
4 Personal life
5 Awards
6 References
7 External connections
Early life and vocation
Afridi has a place with the Zakhakhel Afridi clan of the Pashtuns.[11] He experienced childhood in Landi Kotal, a town in Khyber Region, Pakistan, on the boundary with Afghanistan. He is the most youthful of seven siblings; his oldest sibling, 15 years his senior, is Riaz Afridi who played a lone Test match for Pakistan in 2004.[5] Shaheen began his cricket vocation from the Tatara Ground in Landi Kotal, which is named after the close by Tatara hills.
Riaz Afridi acquainted Shaheen with hard-ball cricket at the FATA Under-16 preliminaries in 2015, with Shaheen having played just tennis-ball cricket until then.[6] Accomplishment at this level prompted Shaheen being chosen for the Under-16 visit through Australia in November 2015, where he had his impact with four wickets in the 2-1 triumphs in the One-Day and Twenty20 series.[6]
Homegrown and T20 vocation
In December 2016, Afridi was remembered for the Pakistan Under-19 cricket crew chose for the 2016 Under-19 Asia Cup held in Sri Lanka.[11] He took 3 wickets for 27 runs in Pakistan's nine wickets prevail upon Singapore in their initial match of the U-19 Asia Cup.[13]
Toward the beginning of September 2017, Afridi marked a two-year agreement with Dhaka Dynamites, a significant Bangladesh Chief Association franchise.[14][2][15] Later he made his five star debut for Khan Exploration Labs in the 2017-18 Quaid-e-Azam Prize on 26 September 2017.[16] In the second innings of the match, he took 8 wickets for 39 runs,[17] the best figures by a Pakistani bowler on top of the line debut.[5][18]
In December 2017, Afridi was named in Pakistan's crew for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[19] He was the main wicket-taker for Pakistan in the competition, with 12 wickets.[20] Following Pakistan's matches in the competition, the Global Cricket Committee (ICC) named Afridi as the rising star of the squad.[21]
Afridi made his Twenty20 presentation for Lahore Qalandars in the 2018 Pakistan Super Association (PSL) on 23 February 2018.[22] The next month in the PSL, during Lahore's coordinate with the Multan Kings, Afridi took five wickets for four runs. Lahore won the apparatus by 6 wickets and Afridi was named the player of the match.[23][24]
In April 2018, Afridi was named in Baluchistan's crew for the 2018 Pakistan Cup.[25][26] He made his Rundown A presentation for Baluchistan on 25 April 2018.[27]
In July 2019, Afridi was chosen to play for the Rotterdam Rhinos in the debut release of the Euro T20 Hammer cricket tournament.[28][29] Nonetheless, the next month the competition was cancelled.[30]
In December 2019, it was declared that Afridi will play for Hampshire District Cricket Club in the 2020 t20 Impact in England.[31] In September 2020, Hampshire affirmed his cooperation in the 2020 t20 Impact, and reported that he will be accessible in the wake of satisfying his public duties.[32]
On 20 September 2020, in the last round of gathering matches in the t20 Impact, Afridi took a full go-around and four wickets in four balls, getting done with match figures of 6/19 from his four overs and recording the best truly bowling figures at the Rose Bowl in T20 cricket.[33][34]
On 2 October 2020, in the 2020-21 Public T20 Cup, Afridi required his second five-wicket pull in three T20 games, with figures of 5/20 from his four overs. Three days after the fact, Afridi took another five-wicket pull, with 5/21 in the match against Sindh.In October 2021, Afridi endorsed with Middlesex to play in homegrown matches in Britain until July 2022.[37] Notwithstanding, he got back to Pakistan in mid-May to get ready for the public group's home series against the West Indies.
In December 2021, he was named as a skipper of Lahore Qalandars.[39] Under his captaincy, Qalandars won the 2022 PSL which likewise made him the most youthful commander to win a T20 league. He additionally finished as driving wicket-taker of the tournament.
Worldwide vocation
Afridi (behind the stumps) and Sovereign William playing tapeball cricket in Lahore, in 2019
In Walk 2018, he was named in Pakistan's Twenty20 Worldwide (T20I) crew for their series against the West Indies. He made his T20I debut for Pakistan against the West Indies on 3 April 2018. In September 2018, he was named in Pakistan's One Day Global (ODI) crew for the 2018 Asia Cup. He made his ODI debut for Pakistan against Afghanistan on 21 September 2018.
In November 2018, he was named in Pakistan's Test crew for their series against New Zealand. He made his Test debut for Pakistan against New Zealand on 3 December 2018.
In April 2019, he was named in Pakistan's crew for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.On 5 July 2019, in the match against Bangladesh, Shaheen turned into the most youthful bowler to take a five-wicket pull in a World Cup match, getting done with figures of 6/35. These were likewise the best bowling figures by a bowler for Pakistan in a World Cup match. Following the World Cup, the Global Cricket Committee (ICC) named Afridi as the rising star of the squad.
In December 2019, during the subsequent Test match against Sri Lanka, Afridi took his initial five-wicket pull in Test cricket.
In June 2020, he was named in a 29-man crew for Pakistan's visit to Britain during the Coronavirus pandemic. In July, he was shortlisted in Pakistan's 20-man crew for the Test matches against England. In September 2021, he was named in Pakistan's crew for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
In January 2022, Afridi was named the Cricketer of the Year by the Global Cricket Gathering. He took 78 wickets in 36 global matches in 2021.
Individual life
In Walk 2021, it was accounted for that Shaheen Shah Afridi will be locked in to Shahid Afridi's senior girl Aqsa.
In July 2022, Afridi was respected with a "privileged" Delegate Director of the Police (DSP) rank in the KPK Police as a generosity envoy.
PCB's Effective presentation of the year: 2021
Shaheen named in ICC Men's Test Group of the Year for the year 2021.
Named in ICC Men's T20I Group of the Year for the year 2021.
He won the Sir Garfield Sobers for the ICC Men's cricketer of the Extended period of 2021.
Became K-P police generosity representative in 2022.
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