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Pakistan Cricketer

Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi is a Pakistani cricketer. Shahid Afridi made his ODI debut on October 2, 1996 and his test debut against Australia on October 22, 1998. Afridi is known for his aggressive batting style. He holds the record for the fastest century in ODI cricket which he scored on his debut against Sri Lanka.

Full Name	Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi
Date of Birth	March 1, 1980
Place of Birth	Khyber Agency, FATA, Pakistan
Other Names / Nick Names	Lala, Boom Boom, Akhrot (Walnut)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm leg-spin
Role	All rounder

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Had I won that match (against Australia) and lost the final I would not have been disappointed.

— Shahid Afridi is disappointed to lose against Australia despite scoring 191 runs in the semifinal / May 19, 2010

Related Quotes: 2010 Twenty20 World Cup

I was not expecting that we will perform so good against South Africa and Australia especially after we dropped too many catches against England and lost narrowly (by one run) to New Zealand. So I think overall I am quite satisfied with the team's performance and importantly we played as a unit.

— Shahid Afridi is happy with his team's performance despite losing to Australia in the semifinal of the 2010 Twenty20 World Cup / May 19, 2010

We perhaps lost it in the last over but Ajmal has bowled really well in this tournament. The way the White and Hussey played…they played a mature and good innings.

— Shahid Afridi after losing to Australia in the semifinal of the Twenty20 World Cup / May 14, 2010

We are here to play good cricket and win this competition because there's no cricket in Pakistan. The situation in India was not very good around five to six years ago and Pakistan played there as well as in Sri Lanka. Pakistan was the only team to play there. This is how we should continue our cricketing relationship.

— Shahid Afridi asking India and Sri Lanka to offer them support by coming to play in Pakistan / May 13, 2010

Azam is young, and he's played some of the practice matches. He's not very confident now, but we hope that if he tours more he can develop into a mature cricketer.

— Shahid Afridi when asked if Hammad Azam will play in the semifinal against Australia / May 13, 2010

We have three regular spinners, and Abdur Rehman is bowling very well. There are a few areas where Watson and Warner go for the big runs, like midwicket and mid-on, and we've made plans against them as to where to bowl.

— Shahid Afridi has plans to contain the Australian opening pair of Shane Watson and David Warner / May 13, 2010