Shahid Afridi, Pakistan - Player profile

When they bat, kids pretend to be Dhoni, Flintoff or Gilchrist. Dhoni, Flintoff and Gilchrist pretend to be Shahid Afridi when they bat – or they would do, but for the fact that the world of Shahid Afridi is just too frightening.

Never has a man been so enslaved by his need to score runs very very quickly. Shahid Afridi can’t possibly hold any regard for anything else in life whatsoever. This man doesn’t even play the same game as everyone else.

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