Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi is known in the cricket world for his violent batting. He has troubled the bowlers many times with his batting. In this scenario, today we will tell you about Shahid Afridi's innings that changed the perception of playing ODI cricket.
Shahid created history in 1996 by scoring the fastest century in ODIs in the second match against Sri Lanka. This record breaking inning was also special for Shahid as the bat he batted in this match belonged to legendary Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar, who is considered as the God of Cricket.
Sachin gave the bat to Waqar
With the bat, Shahid Afridi played a stormy innings of 104 runs in 40 balls against Sri Lanka in 1996. That bat was given by Sachin Tendulkar to former Pakistani fast bowler Waqar Younis. Waqar gave that bat to Afridi for batting in the match against Sri Lanka. This bat became the golden bat of Afridi's career. With this bat of Sachin, he scored the fastest century in ODI cricket at that time. After this match, apart from the bowler, Afridi became known as a power hitter in world cricket.
Shahid Afridi mentioned in his autobiography
Shahid Afridi has mentioned this particular century in his autobiography Game Changer. This is a very interesting story how did Sachin's bat reach Afridi in Nairobi? Afridi wrote in his book “.. But just think what Waqar did before taking that bat to Sialkot? He gave me that bat and I batted with it. The first century I scored in Nairobi was with Sachin's bat. In fact, Sachin gave his bat to Waqar Younis, so that Younis could become the second bat made in Sialkot.
Afridi's record was broken after 18 years
The record for fastest hundred in ODIs was held by Shahid Afridi for 18 years. This record was broken by New Zealand batsman Corey Anderson in 2014. He scored a 36-ball century against West Indies. At the same time, Corey's record also did not hold for long and in 2015, the explosive South African batsman AB de Villiers broke this record and scored a century in 31 balls. No batsman has been able to break this record of de Villiers till date.
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