Pakistani, Indian cricket officials to meet next week


KOLKATA - In spite of hostile political climate between the arch-rivals, Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Shahryar Khan is hopeful that a bilateral series with India is still a possibility in December.

Khan, a former diplomat, told NDTV in Kolkata on Thursday that the PCB and Board of Control for Cricket in India officials would discuss the future of the much-anticipated tour during an ICC meeting in Dubai next week.

BCCI officials have gone on record in recent weeks saying that a bilateral series with Pakistan was looking increasingly doubtful. BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur said that cricket could not be played in a climate of terror, but Khan said there was still hope.

"We will discuss the tour in Dubai. India are yet to share their plans. We will wait till end of October to make alternative plans," Khan said on the sidelines of a condolence meeting for former BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya, who died on September 20.

The PCB chairman said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was keen that cricket should go ahead (irrespective of political differences). Several former cricketers are divided on the tour with ex-skipper and coach Javed Miandad saying Pakistan "should not chase" India.

"No we are not chasing India. But we will like to know BCCI's decision by the end of this month so that we can plan ahead," he said, hinting that Pakistan could boycott India at the international level. "It is an option but not the first option," he added.

Pakistan Super League launched in star-studded event


The Pakistan Super League (PSL) was launched on Sunday amid celebrations attended by a number of cricket greats as well as celebrities.
Speaking at the launch ceremony held in Lahore, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shahryar Khan said international cricket players would join the PSL, which would benefit national players.
“We will also expand the spectrum of Pakistan Super League,” Shahryar said.
Winners will be awarded with $10 million prize money, whereas, each player will also earn over $50,000, disclosed former PCB chairman Najam Sethi while speaking at the event.

Shahid Afridi World Record in T20

Only Player to Have More Then 1000 Runs and Over 50 Wickets

Most wickets in T20

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Shahid Afridi Has 81 Wickets in T20 Career, he Played 77 T20s. Three Times Picking up 4 Wickets in Match. Saeed Ajmal highest Wickets Taker in T20.
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Only Player Who have more than 1,000 runs and 50 wickets

Boom Boom has more than 1,000 runs in twenty20 internationals, he completed his 1,000 runs in world twenty20 2014. and has also 81 wickets, which is 3rd most wicket in t20 history.

Most Wickets in T20 world cups

Shahid Afridi Has Taken 41 Wickets in different T20 Worldcups. This is Still a World Record.
7th most wickets in a calendar year                                   18 Wickets
Joint 2nd most 4 wicket hauls                                              2 Tims
Career 8th most runs in career                                            1044 Runs
1st highest innings strike rate                                                357.14
2nd highest innings strike rate                                              280.00
3rd highest innings strike rate                                             260.00

Only Player To Hit more 400 Sixes in International career

Afidi Smashed 52 sixes in tests, 333 in ODI’s and 42 in T20 internationals. his total number of sixes in international cricket is 427.
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10,000 Runs and 500 Wickets

Only Pakistani and 2nd Player in Cricket history, Who Scored More Then 10,000 Runs and Took 500 plus Wickets in International Career. the record achieved by Shahid Afridi vs Australia in World T20. Glenn Maxwell was his 500th victim.
Afridi has 48 in tests, 395 in ODI”s and 81 in T20s.
1716 test runs,   7619 ODI’s runs and 1072 T20 runs.
Shahid Afridi has Retired now from One Day International Cricket after Cricket World Cup 2015. but he will play T20 till 2016 T20 Cricket World Cup.

Shahid Afridi World Record in ODI’s Matches

3rd Fastest ODI century in the history of ODI’s Cricket

In 1996, Shahid Afridi Smashed his 1st Ever Century Against Srilanka, Facing Just 37 Balls. That Was the Fastest ODI’s Century in History of Cricket for more than 16 years. the Record of Fastest Century in ODI Broken by CJ Anderson Who Scored a Hundred Playing Just 36 Balls, later on AB De Villiers smashed 31 deliveries century  against West Indies.

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Youngest Player to Score a Century in ODI

Shahid Afridi is the youngest player ever to Score a one-day International’s century. He scored his first century of International career at the age of just 16-years and 217-days, Against Srilanka 1996.
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Joint 2nd Fastest Fifty

Afridi has Scored 18 Ball fifty four times in ODI’s. his recent fastest fifty was against bangladesh, in Asia cup 2014. afridi smashed a fifty in 18 balls with help of 6 sixes. BOOM BOOM has scored 3 times Fifties in ODI career.
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Most Sixes in ODI

Shahid Afridi Has A Very Unique Record of Hitting Most Number of Sixes in One Day Internationals. Boom Boom Smashed 351 Sixes in His Incredible ODI Career.

Best Ball per Six ratio in ODI Cricket

Boom Boom Afridi tops the chart with just 20 balls for a six – nearly half of what the 2nd best takes. Boom has faced 6862 till now and smashed 351 sixes with ratio of 19.79 Balls/Six .
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Longest Six in History

Shahid Afridi Smashed 158 meters long Six, Afridi hit it against South Africa in 3rd ODI at Johannesburg on March 17, 2013. BOOM BOOM made 88 runs of just 48 balls in The Match, With the help of 7 Huge Sixes.
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Most Man of the Match Awards

Shahid Afridi has won the man of the match award 32 times in his career, the most by any Pakistani player, Saeed Anwar is second with 28 Man of the Match Awards. 5th Overall in History of One Day Cricket.
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Highest Strike Rate in ODI Career

Shahid Afridi has the 2nd highest strike-rate in one-day International’s. he Scored more than 8019 runs at a strike-rate of 116.86 per 100 balls. (Minimum qualification for this record 1000 ODI runs)
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6th Highest Wickets Taker

Afridi has taken 395 wickets in his 20 years long career. Afridi Played 395 matches till now.  his best bowling Performance was against West Indies, where he Got 7 wickets for only 12 Runs.

Most wickets in single world cup as Captain

In ODI Worldcup 2011, Afridi Makes Another World Record. He Took 22 Wickets During WC, That Was Most Number of Wickets by Any Captain in History of ODI World Cups.
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Best Bowling Figure in ODI’s

In 2013, Shahid Afridi Bowled A Magical Spell of Bowling Against West Indies, Where he Took 7 Wickets Giving Away Just 12 Runs. That Was The 2nd Best Bowling Performance in ODI History.

only player who took 350 wicket and scored 8,000 runs.

With More Than 8,000 Runs in ODI’s, and 395 Wickets. Shahid Afridi is The Only Player in the History of One Day Cricket Who Achieved the Milestone. Sanath Jayasuriya is the 2nd in List With 323 Wickets and 13,430 Runs.
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only player who took 5 wicket + score a fifty three time.

Shahid Afridi Has Done This Magic Three Times in His Career. Against England, Srilanka and West Indies he Took 5 Wickets and Scored a Half Century.
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Most matches in career

Shahid Afridi is 5th in the list of most one-day International’s played by a cricketer. Among the Pakistani cricketers he is the most caped player in history of Pakistan ODI’s.

Shahid Afridi World Records in Test Matches

youngest player to score a test century

in Age of 18 years 333 days, Shahid Afridi Scored his 1st Test Hundred. that makes him 7th Youngest Batsmen to Score a Century in Test Cricket History.
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2nd fastest Test fifty                                                      

in 2004, Shahid Afridi Scored a Half Century Against India at Bangalore on Just 26 balls. that was 2nd Fastest Fifty in Test Cricket.
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2nd most runs off one over  

in 2005, Shahid Afridi Smashed 27 Runs in a Over of Harbhajan Singh in Lahore Test. That Was joint 2nt Most Runs in An Over of Test Match.
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Most Sixes off consecutive deliveries in Test Match                    

in 2006, Shahid Afridi Smashed 4 Consecutive Sixer Of Harbhajan Singh’s Over at Lahore. Thais is Still a World Record for Most Sixes in An Over of Test Match.
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highest strike rate in an innings                                    

in 2010, Shahid Afridi Scored 31 Runs in 15 Balls, With Strike Rate of 206.66. Ground Was Lords and Opposition Was Australia. That Was 12th Highest Strike Rate in an Inning of Test Match.

Shahid Afridi welcomes Ahmed Shehzad as latter opens new innings

LAHORE (Web Desk) – T20 Captain Shahid Afridi on Saturday took probably his last selfie with the opener Ahmed Shahzad befor the latter’s wedding and uploaded it on Twitter.
Ahmed Shehzad is getting married today at a local hotel in Lahore and the T20 captain captured an image with the opener on this occasion just before he opens the most important innings of his life, Dunya News reported.


“Selfie boy! Welcom to the real pavilion”, says Shahid Afridi in his tweet, tagging Ahmed Shehzad.
Afridi even drove Shehzad s car to the hotel, like a good captain.


Don't run after India for cricket, Shahid Afridi

The Pakistan Cricket Board is still waiting for the green light from its Indian counterpart for December's planned test and limited-overs series in the UAE.

Don't run after India for cricket, Shahid Afridi
 Pakistan Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi said on Friday he wants his country's cricket board to stop advocating for a test series against India and concentrate more on persuading other teams to tour Pakistan.
The Pakistan Cricket Board is still waiting for the green light from its Indian counterpart for December's planned test and limited-overs series in the UAE.
Both countries' cricket boards have signed an agreement to play at least six times from 2015-2023, but the India board needs its government's approval to revive cricketing ties with Pakistan.
"I don't know why we are pushing for series against India again and again," Afridi told reporters in Lahore during Pakistan's short training camp ahead of next week's limited-overs tour to Zimbabwe. "I don't see any reason to play (against India) if they don't want to play. We have invited them and if they do not want to play then it shouldn't be any worry, we are still happy."
The last time both teams played a test series was in 2007 when Pakistan toured India. Pakistan last hosted India for a test series in 2006.
Pakistan has scheduled Twenty20 internationals against Zimbabwe, England and New Zealand ahead of the World Twenty20 tournament in India next March and April, after which Afridi has said he will quit playing the shortest cricket format. Afridi has already stopped playing ODIs following Pakistan's loss in the quarterfinals of the Cricket World Cup in Australia in March.
Pakistan cricket selectors have included rookie left-arm fast bowler Imran Khan Jr. and offspinner Bilal Asif for the two Twenty20s against Zimbabwe later this month in order to start getting ready for next year's event in India. "The idea is to try out new players and there are number of players who impressed me in National Twenty20 tournament this week," Afridi said.
Imran took 16 wickets in the tournament and played a key role in the final when his Peshawar squad won the trophy over the Karachi side led by Afridi.
Asif took nine wickets in the national tournament.
In May, Zimbabwe became the first Test country to tour Pakistan since 2009, when gunmen attacked the Sri Lanka team bus. The Zimbabweans played three ODIs and two Twenty20s in Lahore.
With top-level international cricket a rarity in Pakistan, Afridi said it would have been better if the Pakistan Cricket Board had decided to host next February's inaugural Twenty20 Pakistan Super League at home instead of choosing Doha, Qatar, as the venue.
"It would have been great had it been organised in Pakistan because we were talking about revival of cricket in Pakistan after the tour of Zimbabwe," he said. "Our players would have benefited more had it been organised in Pakistan. I am not worried whether foreign players come or not, but at least the crowd will come and our own youngsters get an opportunity." 


Don't run after India for cricket, Shahid Afridi