PAKISTAN · LEFT-ARM FAST BOWLER · ODI CAPTAIN

Shaheen Shah Afridi

A 6ft 6in left-arm fast bowler from Landi Kotal, nicknamed ‘The Eagle’. Shaheen debuted in all three formats in 2018, has more than 400 international wickets and now captains Pakistan’s ODI side. He is 7th in the ICC ODI bowling rankings (15 September 2026).

CAREER STATISTICS

International career in numbers

Format	Matches	Wickets	Average	Best	5-wkt hauls
Test	34	126	28.13	6/51	4
ODI	77	146	24.50	6/35	3
T20I	103	136	21.35	4/22	0

Figures from ESPNcricinfo (via Wikipedia), 1 September 2026.

RECORDS & HIGHLIGHTS

Career highlights

ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year 2021, the first Pakistani to win the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy.
Took 8/39 on his first-class debut for Khan Research Laboratories.
The first bowler to take four wickets in the first over of a T20 innings (T20 Blast 2023, Nottinghamshire).
Captained Lahore Qalandars to back-to-back PSL titles in 2022 and 2023.
Part of the 2022 T20 World Cup and 2025 Asia Cup runner-up squads.

PROFILE

Player profile

Born: 6 April 2000, Landi Kotal
Bowling: Left-arm fast
Batting: Left-handed
Debuts: T20I v West Indies, 3 April 2018 · ODI v Afghanistan, 21 September 2018 · Test v New Zealand, 3 December 2018
Teams: Lahore Qalandars (PSL)
Shirt number: 10