Shahid Afridi

India · Left-arm orthodox · 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.

Matches

Runs

Wickets

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ShahidAFRIDI

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

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

five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

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.

Head-to-head

Vs opponents

Career totals broken down by the teams Shahid Afridi has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Sri Lanka

Matches: 44
Runs: 814
Wickets: 58

India

Matches: 37
Runs: 897
Wickets: 28

South Africa

Matches: 35
Runs: 723
Wickets: 35

Australia

Matches: 32
Runs: 551
Wickets: 41

New Zealand

Matches: 32
Runs: 765
Wickets: 42

England

Matches: 30
Runs: 559
Wickets: 35

West Indies

Matches: 22
Runs: 421
Wickets: 26

Bangladesh

Matches: 20
Runs: 535
Wickets: 34

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where Shahid Afridi has turned out most often.

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Matches: 44
Runs: 697
Wickets: 68

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches: 43
Runs: 709
Wickets: 56

Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Matches: 22
Runs: 383
Wickets: 24

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Matches: 18
Runs: 406
Wickets: 31

R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Matches: 16
Runs: 179
Wickets: 22

Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Matches: 14
Runs: 213
Wickets: 13

National Stadium

Matches: 14
Runs: 169
Wickets: 20

The Rose Bowl, Southampton

Matches: 11
Runs: 113
Wickets: 13

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.