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The former captain of the Pakistani national cricket team is Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi (Urdu: , Pashto: ; born 1 March 1977). Afridi was an all-around player who could bat and spin the ball with his right hand.

In 1996, Afridi faced Kenya in his first ODI. He made his international debut against Sri Lanka in the second ODI and set a new record for the quickest century in ODI cricket (doing so in 37 deliveries). In 1998, he played against Australia in his first Test match. Afridi played his first T20I against England in 2006. The 2007 T20 World Cup's player of the tournament was Afridi. Afridi scored an unbeaten 54 during the 2009 T20 World Cup final, earning player of the match honours.as Pakistan went on to win the match, recording 1/20 off of 4 overs. Soon after Pakistan's victory at the 2009 World Cup, Younis Khan, the team's captain, announced his retirement from T20 international matches. Afridi was named as Khan's replacement. Following Mohammad Yousuf's firing in 2010, Afridi was named Pakistan's ODI captain. Pakistan's Test captain, Afridi, also resigned from the position after just one match in that role. He served as the captain of Pakistan's squad during the 2011 Cricket World Cup, which they won by defeating rival India in the semifinals. Afridi's ODI captaincy was terminated in 2011. Afridi finished playing in ODIs in 2015. Afridi gave up his position as captain after Pakistan lost in the group stage of the 2016 T20 World Cup.After not being chosen, Afridi declared his retirement from international cricket on February 19, 2017. With his selection to lead the World XI against the West Indies in the 2018 Hurricane Relief T20 Challenge charity match, he briefly returned to international cricket. On May 31, 2018, Afridi made a second announcement of his retirement from international cricket after the game. For Pakistan's series against New Zealand, he acted as the team's temporary chief selector.

Afridi is a self-employed philanthropist who leads the Shahid Afridi Foundation, a nonprofit organisation dedicated to advancing healthcare and education. He also collaborated with UNICEF to advance the nation's anti-polio effort. He participated in assisting during the 2019 Coronavirus epidemic.people in Balochistan during the national curfew. On June 13, 2020, he developed COVID-19 as a result of this.  Afridi was also listed among the top 20 sportspeople for their generosity in 2015.

Afridi was born in 1977 to the Afridi tribe of Pashtuns in Khyber Agency, Pakistan. 

He comes from a line of Sufi pirs, or teachers or spiritual gurus; his grandfather Maulana Muhammad Ilyas was a revered spiritual leader in Bhutan Sharif, a community in the Tirah Valley.

 For his achievements during the 1947–1948 Indo–Pakistani War, his other grandfather, Sahibzada Abdul Baqi, earned the title Ghazi–e–Kashmir (conqueror of Kashmir).

Six brothers—including fellow cricketers Tariq and Ashfaq Afridi—and five sisters make up Afridi's family. Of his siblings, he is the fifth oldest. He attributes his introduction to sports, and specifically cricket, to his uncle, a colonel in the Pakistani Army. 

His maternal cousin Nadia Afridi, to whom he is married, is includes five daughters. Afridi confirmed the engagement of his daughter Ansha to cricketer Shaheen Afridi in 2021.  His daughter Ansha wed Shaheen Afridi on February 3, 2023, in a nikah ceremony.

As a replacement for Mushtaq Ahmed, who was injured, Afridi was added to the ODI team in October 1996 for the four-nation Sameer Cup 1996–97.  On October 2, when he was playing Kenya, he made his debut. He didn't bat, though, and finished without a wicket. Afridi played the pinch-hitter position at number three in the ensuing match against Sri Lanka. Afridi reached his hundred from 37 balls in his debut international game, shattering the ODI record for the quickest century. He also tied the ODI record for sixes in an innings with his eleven hits.  Afridi was chosen man of the match as Pakistan won by 82 runs with a total of 371, which was at the time the second-highest in ODIs.  fastest century ever set Corey Anderson, a cricketer for New Zealand, established the record for the most balls needed to reach a century in an ODI on January 1, 2014. 

Afridi with his teammates at the 2009 World Twenty20 in June 2009

On October 22, 1998, in the third game of a three-match series against Australia, Afridi made his Test debut, two years after making his international debut.

 He had played 66 ODIs by this stage, which was a record before taking part in Test matches.  He got five wickets in the opening innings while opening the batting, scoring 10 and 6.  He played his second Test the following January while Pakistan was touring India; it was the first Test between the two nations since 1990.  Afridi got his first ever international goal while once more starting the batting.141 runs from 191 balls were needed to reach a test century. He also took three wickets in the same game, totalling 54 runs.  Pakistan drew the series after losing the second game despite winning the first by a score of 12 runs.