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Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi became the highest wicket-taker in the T20 internationals after taking a wicket of England’s James Vince during the 2nd T20 match in Dubai. The 35-year-old Twenty20 skipper has claimed 86 wickets in 86 games so far surpassing his team-mate Saeed Ajmal, who has captured 85 wickets for Pakistan in 64 t20 international matches. Player name Country Matches Wickets Shahid Afridi Pakistan 86 86 Saeed Ajmal Pakistan 64 85 Umar Gul Pakistan 58 83 Lasith Malinga Sri Lanka 61 74 Ajantha Mendis Sri Lanka 39 66 Stuart Broad England 56 65 Dale Steyn South Africa 38 55 Nathan McCullum New Zealand 61 55 Graeme Swann England 39 51 Nuwan Kulasekara Sri Lanka 43 46

The veteran all-rounder Shahid Afridi has been re-appointed captain of the Pakistan's Twenty20 squad until the 2016 World T20. The Pakistan Cricket Board announced. Shahid Afridi named captain of T20 Squad while Misbah retained as Test and ODI captain #PCB http://t.co/Y5W9QPkdpQ — PCB Official (@TheRealPCB) September 16, 2014 The 34-year-old has been chosen T20 Skipper for the second time, earlier he was sacked from the captaincy due to disciplinary issues with coach Waqar Younis and the PCB. "Whatever happened in the past is over and now I have started a new beginning,"  Afridi told reporters. "I will develop a fearless approach in the players and eradicate the fear of loss as a captain. This format is not for the chicken-hearted player." The 6 ft 0 inch star replaces Mohammad Hafeez, who stepped down in April following the ICC World T20 held in Bangladesh earlier this year.  Afridi also known as Boom Boom has scored 1112 runs in ...

Pakistan's Right-handed batsman Shahid Afridi and Umar Akmal have been selected to the ODI and T20 squads for the West Indies tour later on this month. The uncapped 21-year-old wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan , has been added to the squad as a backup of Akmal. ODI squad : Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Nasir Jamshed, Mohammad Hafeez, Asad Shafiq, Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Ahmed Shehzad, Umar Akmal (wk), Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Umar Amin, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Irfan, Asad Ali, Abdur Rehman, Haris Sohail Twenty-20 squad : Mohammad Hafeez (capt), Nasir Jamshed, Haris Sohail, Umar Akmal (wk), Ahmed Shehzad, Hammad Azam, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz, Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Irfan, Asad Ali, Zulfiqar Babar, Umar Amin, Junaid Khan

Pakistan have announced 15 members squad for Champions Trophy 2013 , starting from June 6, 2013. Shahid Afridi has been dropped from the squad and Misbah ul Haq is the captain for the squad. Pakistan squad: 1. Nasir Jamshed 2. Mohammad Hafeez 3. Imran Farhat 4. Kamran Akmal 5. Misbah-ul-Haq (c) 6. Shoaib Malik 7. Asad Shafiq 8. Saeed Ajmal 9. Junaid Khan 10. M. Irfan 11. Asad Ali 12. Wahab Riaz 13. Umer Amin 14. Abdul Rehman 15. Ehsan Adil

Pakistan's Aggressive batsman Shahid Afridi has finally made a comeback to ODI squad for the series against South Africa that begins on March 10. Batsman Asad Shafiq and spinner Abdur Rehman were added to the ODI squad for the five-match series. Wahab Riaz replacing Sohail Tanvir in Twenty20 squad. Pakistan ODI squad : Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Hafeez, Younis Khan, Shoaib Malik, Nasir Jamshed, Asad Shafiq, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Irfan, Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Imran Farhat, Shahid Afridi, Junaid Khan, Wahab Riaz, Abdur Rehman. Pakistan Twenty20 squad: Nasir Jamshed, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal, Umar Gul, Ahmed Shehzad, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Irfan, Umar Amin, Zulfiqar Babar, Wahab Riaz, Asad Ali, Junaid Khan.

Pakistan allrounder, Shahid Afridi has been ruled out from the ODI squad against India in December. However, Afridi retained in Twenty20 squad. Pakistan's chief selector Iqbal Qasim said, "Dropping Afridi was a difficult decision, He is no doubt a great player and has the ability to win a game, but the decision has been taken in the interest of the team. We did retain him in the T20 squad and if he performs well he can win back his ODI place in the future." Pakistan   ODI squad : Mohammad Hafeez, Azhar Ali, Haris Sohail, Kamran Akmal, Nasir Jamshed, Younis Khan, Junaid Khan, Umar Gul, Misbah-ul-Haq, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Akmal, Anwar Ali, Wahab Riaz, Imran Farhat, Zulfiqar Babar. Pakistan  Twenty20 squad : Mohammad Hafeez, Nasir Jamshed, Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal, Junaid Khan, Sohail Tanvir, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Irfan, Zulfiqar Babar, Ahmed Shehzad, Umar Amin, Umar Gul, Asad Ali.

Explosive batsman from West Indies Chris Gayle and Pakistan's all-rounder Shahid Afridi have signed for the Sydney Thunder in Twenty20 Big Bash league this summer. In last season, Gayle scored 252 runs at an average of 42 for the Thunder. Shane Duff , Coach of Sydney said, " along with (Australian test opener) David Warner, Chris Gayle is the best T20 player in the world. "

Pakistan all-rounders Shahid Afridi and Hammad Azam has been included in one-day and Twenty20 squads for series against England in United Arab Emirates. Misbah-ul Haq will lead the Pakistan team in both the formats. Abdul Razzaq has been dropped for the series for poor performance. ODI squad : Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Mohammad Hafeez, Shahid Afridi, Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq, Imran Farhat, Junaid Khan, Adnan Akmal, Umar Akmal, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Gul, Abdul Rehman, Azhar Ali, Aizaz Cheema, Wahab Riaz and Hammad Azam. Twenty20 squad : Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Mohammad Hafeez, Asad Shafiq, Shahid Afridi, Umar Akmal, Awais Zia, Imran Farhat, Saeed Ajmal, Abdul Rehman, Adnan Akmal, Aizaz Cheema, Umar Gul, Junaid Khan, Hammad Azam and Wahab Riaz.

Shahid Afridi has been sold to the Dhaka franchise for $700,000 in an auction for Bangladesh Premier League (BPL)2012 tournament. But batsman Herschelle Gibbs and spinner Monty Panesar failed to attract bids in current BPL auction. There is a total of 111 overseas players and 80 local cricketers with a maximum budget of $2million. Chris Gayle for Barisal in $551,000 Marlon Samuels for Rajshahi in $360,000 Kieron Pollard for Dhaka franchises in $300,000 Shoaib Malik for Chittagong in $150,000 Dwayne Bravo for Chittagong in $150,000 Brad Hodge for Barisal in $140,000 Sanath Jayasuriya for Rajshahi in $110,000 Muttiah Muralitharan for Chittagong in $100,000 Niall O'Brien for Khulna in $80,000 Nasir Hossain for Khulna in $200,000 There are no Indian players in the auction for Bangladesh Premier League. Bangladesh international players Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan, Mohammad Ashraful, Mushfiqur Rahim, Alok Kapali and Shahriar Nafees had been choosen as a ...

Karachi, Monday, 7 November 2011 Former Pakistan's coach Waqar Younis has advised Shahid Afridi to keep his mouth shut and focus on Cricket. Waqar said in an interview to Geo News in Dubai " Afridi needs to rethink his priorities as a senior player. " Waqar said all the time he keeps criticizing and makes use of vulgar language. He just need to kept his mouth shut and concentrate on cricket. He said " To me it seems as if he always on the lookout for cheap publicity by making unwarranted and unhealthy comments about somebody or someone. "

Shahid Afridi and all-rounder Abdul Razzaq has been recalled to the ODI team against Sri Lanka to ODI series in UAE . Afridi said after announcement of the team " I am ready to play cricket either as a player or captain ." Pakistan ODI batsmen Taufiq Umar and Azhar Ali , wicket-keeper Adnan Akmal and fast bowler Wahab Riaz has been excluded from the ODI squad. Pakistan Squad for Sri Lanka : Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Abdul Razzaq, Mohammad Hafeez, Shahid Afridi, Imran Farhat, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Sohail Tanvir, Abdur Rehman, Younis Khan, Junaid Khan, Asad Shafiq and Aizaz Cheema.

Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi announced his retirement from cricket since five months ago and now he said that he was ready to return in the Pakistan team. Afridi told reporters in Karachi, "I decided that I would like to play for Pakistan, I have never been ever retired from Cricket, but I said I don't want to play in the previous administration of PCB and now there is a new Chairman, so I decided to play again." Afridi announced his retirement to cricket in may, when ODI team captaincy was taken away from him at the time of Coach Waqar Younis .

Pakistan's former Captain Shahid Afridi , advised to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to appoint specialist coaches . Afridi said the Pakistan team needs an excellent Manager, under which coaches should work on bowling, fielding and batting. He added instead of assistant coach, PCB should also appoint manager.

Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt made it clear that the former pakistan captain Shahid Afridi is not fit to captaincy. Butt's 'Geo Super' channel in an interview said, "As far as my opinion, Shahid Afridi is not fit for the captaincy to PCB. He said, "Some people believe my opinion wrong, but in the last two ODIs in the West Indies Afridi was responsible for losing.