10 cricketers who make good biopic materials

#6 Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)

Afridi holds the record for maximum number of sixes in ODIs

The former Pakistan captain is regarded as one of the best all-rounders in the game and is considered a legend in Pakistan cricket history. Making his debut way back in 1998, Afridi made his reputation as destructive batsman very soon and held the record for the fastest ODI century for a long time before it was broken by Corey Anderson in 2014.

The former opener also holds the record for the maximum number of sixes hit in ODI cricket. Afridi later moulded his game and became a primary bowler, ending his career with 48 wickets in Tests and over 350 wickets in ODIs. He is also the leading wicket taker in T20 cricket with 92 wickets from 92 matches.

Afridi was involved in several controversies during his tenure as a Pakistan player. In November 2005 he was suspended for 2 ODIs and 1 Test for intentionally damaging the pitch in the 2nd Test of the 3 match series against England. On May 2011, Afridi announced his conditional retirement from international cricket in protest against his treatment by the PCB. The condition on his return was the board had to be replaced.

Afridi was discarded from the central contacts and was fined 4.5 million rupees ($52,300) by the board. In the later stage of his career, he was criticised by Pakistanis for saying that he got more love from Indian spectators than his countrymen. Besides that, his relationship with his national board was in turmoil for the latter part of his career.

In 2013 playing an ODI against West Indies in Guyana, Shahid Afridi finished with figures of 7/12-the 2nd best ODI bowling figures of all time. In March 2014 Afridi established “Shahid Afridi Foundation” which aims at providing healthcare and all sorts of educational facilities to the underprivileged students in Pakistan. He was also named among world’s most charitable athletes by Do Something in August 2015.