Shahid Afridi was known for his explosive punches. Whenever the former Pakistan all-rounder entered the field, he often confused the bowlers. Afridi started playing explosively from the first ball of the innings. However, he has lost his wicket on the first ball several times in this matter.
But when he played long innings, he led his team to great results. But after his retirement from international cricket, fans are missing Afridi’s explosive innings a lot. But these days, Boom-Boom Afridi is playing in the Sindh Premier League in Pakistan. The same old and explosive style of Afridi was seen in the league.
Afridi plays for Benazirabad Reds in the league. In the match against Mirpurkhas Tigers in the tournament, Shahid Afridi, popularly known as Lala, played a brilliant innings of 50 runs off 32 balls. This innings from Lala included 4 fours and 4 sixes. With this innings, Afridi reminded the fans of his old style.
Shahid Afridi, who drove people crazy with his performances on the field for many years, played the last international match of his career against West Indies on May 31, 2018. But Afridi didn’t play this game for Pakistan but for ICC World XI.
Afridi was the cricketer who played all three formats for Pakistan. He played international cricket between 1996 and 2018. In his career, he played 27 Tests, 398 ODIs and 99 T20 international matches. He scored 1716 runs in 48 Test innings and took 48 wickets in 47 innings. Apart from this, in 369 ODI innings, he took 8064 wickets with his bat and while bowling, he took 395 wickets to his name in 372 innings. While he scored 1416 runs in 91 innings of T20 International and took 98 wickets while bowling in 97 innings.