5 most loved foreign cricketers in Bangladesh

#4 Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)

Pakistan v West Indies - 2011 ICC World Cup Quarter-Final

Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi, popularly known as Shahid Afridi is one of the most beloved cricketers in Bangladesh. The legendary Pakistani all-rounder played 31 international games against the Tigers and scored 708 runs with a century and two fifties to his name. He got MOM award six times against Bangladesh. But, that did not make any impact on the love of Bangladesh for Afridi.

When Bangladesh cricket team were growing up during the 90s, people love to support other countries in the big events of cricket. Shahid Afridi was lucky enough to be loved by crores of spectators of Bangladesh on that time.

Afridi played 17 of his 524 international matches in Bangladesh and 395 with two fifties to his name. He was awarded Man of the Match four times in Bangladesh. Afridi is also a regular name in the Bangladesh Premier League.

If you ask young cricketers of Bangladesh to name their idols, many of them will say the name of Shahid Afridi.