Afridi has taken 11th man of the match award in T20 cricket while he is already a record holder in this matter. He achieved man of the match award in T20 world cup for 4th time which took him to a joint 2nd place. He scored 49 runs on 19 balls and took 2 wickets in the match.
Shahid Afridi’s bating highlights:
His strike rate against Bangladesh remained 257.89% which is the 8th highest strike rate in T20 cricket for playing 15 or more balls. For playing 19 or more balls, it became the 2nd highest strike rate. He also became the 2nd Pakistani batsman to score 500 runs in T20 world cup. Umar Akmal is on top in this matter.
Now Afridi has hit 40 sixes in international matches in India which is a record for any guest player. So far, de Villiers has hit 39 sixes here while both have played 37 matches each in India.