Nick
Name : Shah
First love : My parents
Music : Light music and folk songs
Singers : Backstreet boys, Spice Girls, Ricky Martin
Song: Quit playing games with my heart
Hindi Song : 'Hum Tumhe Chahate Hai Aise' (Qurbani) and 'So Gaya Yeh Jahan'
(Tezaab)
Movie : Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge
Actor : Sharukh Khan
Actresses : Sonali Bendre & Twinkle KhannaCricket Heroes : Imran Khan, Javed Miadad,
Wasim Akram
Colors : Blue, White and Red
Drink : Orange Juice
Food : Chicken Biryani & Kheer & Ice-cream
Fruit : Mango
Dress : Jeans & T-shirt |
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PROFILE |
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In
cricket, Shahid Afridi is the maddest of mad maxes. A flamboyant allrounder
introduced to international cricket as a 16-year-old legspinner, he
surprised everyone but himself by pinch-hitting the fastest one-day hundred
in his maiden innings. Afridi is a compulsive shot-maker and although until
2004 it was too often his undoing, causing him to float in and out of the
team, a combination of maturity on and off the field and a sympathetic coach
in Bob Woolmer, has seen Afridi blossom into one of modern-day cricket's
most dangerous players and a vital cog in Pakistan's revival in 2005. |
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A string of incisive
contributions from June 2004 culminated in a violent century against India
in Kanpur in April 2005; remarkably it was the joint
second fastest ODI century in terms of balls faced.A few weeks before, by
smashing the joint second fastest Test half-century at Bangalore and taking
crucial last day wickets, Afridi had helped Pakistan memorably level the
Test series.So
his year continued; a Test century against the West Indies and contributions
against England at the end of the year. He went berserk against India on the
flattest of pitches with two centuries, including a Test best 156 in January
2006. An Afridi virtuoso is laced with fearless lofted drives and short-arm
jabs over midwicket. |
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He is at his best when forcing straight and at his
weakest pushing at the ball just outside off. The biggest improvement has
been in Afridi's legspin; previously underrated, they are now integral in
the ODI side and curiously effective at key moments in Tests.When the
conditions are with him, he gets turn as well as some lazy drift, but his
box of tricks is the key, boasting a vicious faster ball and a conventional
off-spinner as well. His allround skills are completed by agile fielding and
among the strongest arms in the game; he also possesses the firmest
handshake in international cricket.Again he shocked everyone but himself when,
after finally becoming a fixture in the Pakistan side, and a thrillingly
bombastic one at that, he announced a temporary 'retirement' from Test
cricket, citing an increasingly heavy playing schedule. To less surprise, he
retracted his retirement two weeks later. Truly an original. |