Shahid Afridi Shahid Afridi has signed to play for Sydney Thunder in Australia’s Twenty20 Big Bash league.

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Shahid Afridi

Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid khan afridi,better known as Shahid afridi(born on 1 March 1980) or BOOM BOOM Afridi,is a Pakistani professional cricketer and the current captain of the franchise Peshawar Zalmi and the Pakistan T20 national Team.Consider as a legend in Pakistani cricket history,Afridi is regarded as one of the greatest big-hitting cricketers of all time.He also holds a record taking most wickets(97) and most player of the match awards in Twenty20 International cricket.He is known for his aggressive batting style,and previously held the record for the fastest ODI century in 37 deliveries.He also holds the distinction of having hit the most number of sixes in the history of ODI cricket.Afridi considers himself a better bowler than batsman, and has taken 48 Test wickets and over 350 in ODIs.Currently Afridi is leading the chart of most T20I wickets with 92 wickets from 92 matches.Shahid Afridi has signed to play for Sydney Thunder in Australia's Twenty20 Big Bash league.



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