Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi (born 1 March 1980 in Khyber Agency

Khyber agency

Khyber is a tribal area in the FATA region of Pakistan. It is one of the eight tribal areas, better known as agencies in Pakistan. It ranges from the Tirah valley down to Peshawar...

 of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas

Federally Administered Tribal Areas

The Federally Administered Tribal Areas are a semi-autonomous tribal region in the northwest of Pakistan, lying between the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, and the neighboring country of Afghanistan. The FATA comprise seven Agencies and six FRs...

, Pakistan), popularly known as Shahid Afridi , is a Pakistani cricket

Cricket

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er. Between 1996 and 2011, Afridi played 27 Tests

Test cricket

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, 325 One Day Internationals, and 43 Twenty20 International

Twenty20 International

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s (T20Is) for the Pakistani national team. He made his ODI debut on 2 October 1996 against Kenya and his Test

Test cricket

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 debut on 22 October 1998 against Australia.

He is known for his aggressive batting style, and holds the record for the fastest ODI century which he made in his first international innings, as well as scoring 32 runs in a single over, the second highest scoring over ever in an ODI.