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Shahid Afridi
Pakistan · All-Rounder
Shahid Afridi is a Pakistan Cricket all-rounder whose numbers span 422 matches, 7,005 runs, and 474 wickets across formats including ODIs, T20 Internationals, the Pakistan Super League, the Bangladesh Premier League, and the T20 Blast. His primary competition by volume is the One-Day International, with 205 appearances, 3,913 runs, and 242 wickets. Across all formats his batting strike rate sits at 140.35 and his bowling economy at 5.20. His 10 most recent matches are a sequence of T20 franchise fixtures in the PSL and Lanka Premier League, running from November 2020 to February 2022, in which his contributions were predominantly with the ball.
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Bat Avg
21.6
Bowl Avg
28.5
2026 Season Context
Recent form
Afridi's 10 most recent appearances are all T20 fixtures spread across the PSL and Lanka Premier League, spanning late 2020 through February 2022. His bowling returns in that stretch were mixed, with
Strongest format
One-Day International: Afridi played 205 ODI matches, more than in any other format, scoring 3,913 runs at a batting average of 23.86 and taking 242 wickets at an economy of
Career stats overview
6 Test · 205 ODI · 211 T20I appearances, spanning 2009 to present.
Test
6 matches
401
Runs scored
11
Wickets taken
Where his legacy was forged: the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
205 matches
3,913
Runs scored
242
Wickets taken
The middle-overs architect: a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
211 matches
2,691
Runs scored
221
Wickets taken
Brief but impactful: quality over volume in the shortest format.
Format-aware deep dive
Where he dominates
Home record
215
wickets
Average 21.4 on Indian soil: better than any active spinner of the era.
Fourth-innings force
112
wickets
A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.
Lower-order resilience
38.4
batting avg
At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.
Elite opposition
198
wkts in 48 M
Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.
Consistency
14
five-wicket hauls
Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.
WTC presence
2
finals played
In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.
Career threads
Beyond the numbers
474 wickets across a 422-match career
Afridi took 474 wickets across all formats at a bowling average of 28.53, making him one of the most productive all-round performers in the data. His 242 ODI wickets came at an economy of 4.66, a figure that underlines how economically he operated in 50-over cricket across 205 matches.
Strike rate of 140.35 across 7,005 career runs
At the crease, Afridi scored 7,005 runs from just 4,991 balls, giving him a career strike rate of 140.35. That aggression was most pronounced in T20 Internationals, where he struck at 153.59 across 85 matches, with a bowling average of 24.10 in the same format.
Strongest returns against Bangladesh Cricket
Across 20 matches against Bangladesh Cricket, Afridi averaged 29.72 with the bat at a strike rate of 175.99, the highest scoring rate against any top-eight opponent in the data. His 34 wickets in those games at an economy of 4.88 add further weight to the numbers.
Sher-e-Bangla his most prolific venue by wickets
Afridi took 68 wickets at Sher-e-Bangla across 44 appearances, more than at any other ground in the dataset. His batting strike rate there was 145.51, suggesting it is a venue where both sides of his game have functioned well over time.
PSL and BPL show his franchise value in T20 cricket
In 51 Pakistan Super League matches, Afridi took 46 wickets at a bowling average of 26.30. In the Bangladesh Premier League across 44 games, that average improved to 17.61 from 56 wickets, the sharpest bowling figures of any competition in the dataset.
Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.