Former Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi is arguably one of the best entertainers in cricket during his time with the national team. However, post his retirement, the veteran all-rounder has been playing a very active role in various T20 domestic leagues across the world.
The 37-year old was part of some of biggest franchises like Deccan Chargers, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, Melbourne Renegades, Hampshire and Rangpur Riders over the past decade across different countries.
He is a significant player, even post his retirement, for every domestic team he has played. Afridi is now going to participate in the recently announced T10 competition that will be played in Abu Dhabi. He also revealed that would continue to stay fit and participate in Pakistan Super League.
“I am fit and I will be here for the Pakistan Super League and the upcoming T10 cricket at the Sharjah Stadium again. I am enjoying playing in the Pakistan Super League and Bangladesh Premier League. I am fit enough for league cricket. I will be here as Karachi Kings player in the PSL (not his previous team Peshawar Zalmi),” Afridi told Gulf News Pakistan.
Pakistan Cricket Board were also partially successful in bringing back international cricket to Pakistan after their World XI T20 series. Now the country will host a T20 international against Sri Lanka at Lahore.
Shahid Afridi has expressed his delight over the efforts made to send out a strong message over the safety in the country and thanked all the World XI players for playing their part.
“By staging the World XI match, we have put out a strong message (that Pakistan is perfectly safe for cricket) and I like to thank all World XI players. It would have been great if Indian players too had played for World XI,” he opined.