Shaheen Shah Afridi is one of the best pacers in the world these days. Hehas become Pakistan’s go-to bowler ever since his debut in internationalcricket in 2018.
Since then, he has never looked back and made his name in every format ofthe game. Recently, Afridi overtook Indian pacer, Jasprit Bumrah, as theyoungest fast bowler to reach the 100 T20 wicket milestone.
The record-breaking moment came in a recent match against Multan Sultanswhen Afridi got the better of Chris Lynn in the opening over.——————————
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Making his debut at the age of 19, Bumrah reached the landmark at the ageof 23 years and 57 days. Afridi, on the other hand, has a big lead on hisIndian rival, having reached the 100 T20 wickets milestone at the age of 20years and 326 days.
Overall, Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan tops the list of youngest bowlers totake 100 wickets. So far, at the age of 22 years and 160 days, the T20prodigy has 344 scalps to his name and counting.
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Afridi’s T20 debut came in February 2018 when he represented LahoreQalandars in PSL link 4. A month later, hemade his way into Pakistan’s national side, making his T20I debut againstthe visiting West Indies side.——————————
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In August 2018, he was picked for the Asia Cup squad, where he made his ODIdebut against Afghanistan in September. He became the mainstay of thePakistan bowling lineup soon after.
Afridi has represented Pakistan in 15 Tests, 22 ODIs, and 21 T20Is and has117 international wickets to his name.
