Records of Shahid Afridi !

by Viresh Wed 05 Dec 2012, 9:55 pm

Shahid Afridi is known for his aggressive
batting style and also the most followed cricketer in Pakistan. Afridi
doesn't took to many time to announce him-self to the world as he made
the record of scoring fastest ever ODI century ( 102 off 37 balls ) in
his very first innings of ODI against Sri Lanka on 4th October 1996,
that is yet to be surpassed
. The list of records held by Afridi are as under.

FASTEST ODI CENTURY:
In his very first innings of 2nd ODI, Afridi destroyed Sri Lanka
bowling line-up by scoring the fastest ever One Day International
century off just 37 balls.

Afridi also holds the record of
scoring the 4th and 7th fastest century in ODIs that he made against
India and Bangladesh respectively.

YOUNGEST PLAYER:
Shahid Afridi is the youngest player ever to score a century. He scored his 1st century at age of 16 years and 217 days.

FASTEST ODI FIFTY:
Shahid Afridi has hit the second fastest ODI century off just 18 balls twice in his career so far.

MOST SIXES:
Shahid Afridi holds the record of hitting most sixes in One Day Internationals (298) in 349 matches.

HIGHEST STRIKE RATE:
Shahid Afridi has the highest Strike rate in One Day International's,
so far he has score 7075 runs at strike rate of 113.78 per 100 balls.

Many people are saying Lob Cann has the highest strike rate in ODIs but
they don't know that MINIMUM QUALIFICATION for this record is 1000 ODI runs
while Cann has 590 runs.

MOST MAN OF THE MATCHES:
Shahid Afridi has won Man of the Matches award 29 times in his career, that is most by any Pakistan player.

MOST RUNS IN ONE OVER:
Shahid Afridi is 2nd in the list of those players who have hit most
runs off one over in ODIs, Afridi smashed CM Bandar of Sri Lanka for 32
runs in one over. Herschelle Gibbs holds the record of hitting most runs
in one over, he smashed 36 runs.

MOST WICKETS:
Shahid
Afridi is at No.8 in the list of bowlers who have taken more than 300
wickets in ODIs. Afridi is 3rd highest wicket taker from Pakistan behind
Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis.

MOST WICKETS IN T20Is:
Shahid Afridi is at NO.3 in the list of leading wicket takers in T20Is behind Saeed Ajmal and Umar Gul.

MOST 5-WICKETs HAUL'S IN ODIS:
Shahid Afridi is at NO.4 in the list of those players who have taken
most five wicket haul's. Afridi has taken five or more wickets 7 times.

HIGHEST WICKETS IN T20 CRICKET:
Shahid Afridi is the only player in the history of T20 cricket to take more than 150 wickets.

BEST ALL-ROUNDER:
Shahid Afridi is the only all-rounder who have 300+ wickets and 7000+ runs in ODIs after Sanath Jayasuria.

This article is written and edited by Waqar Asghar

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