NEW DELHI: Back in 1996, a young Shahid Afridi scored a blazing maiden century off 37 balls in opposition to Sri Lanka to create a new ODI global report. Now in his no-holds barred autobiography, "Game Changer", the previous Pakistan blunderbuss finds that the century was scored the usage of Sachin Tendulkar's bat.
Sachin had given his favourite bat to Waqar Younis to take to Sialkot, Pakistan's world-famous sports goods manufacturing capital, and get a custom-made one replicated there. "But guess what Waqar did before he took it to Sialkot? He gave it to me, before I went in to bat. So effectively, that first century in Nairobi by Shahid Afridi was made with Sachin Tendulkar's best bat. Go figure," writes Afridi, who was 21 - and no longer 16 as recorded then.
'Dreamed of hitting Sanath, Murali for 6s'
A stunning 102 off 40 balls, Afridi's knock was studded with 11 sixes and six boundaries and got here at a T20-type scoring price of 255. He was taking part in his 2d ODI game and batting for the first time.
Interestingly, Afridi had dreamed of smashing the Lankan spinners for sixes the night earlier than. The e-book, co-authored by Wajahat S Khan, says he had told his roommate Shadab Kabir about it in the morning. A middle-order batsman, Kabir performed 5 Tests and three ODIs for Pakistan. "'I had a dream that I was slamming Jayasuriya and Muralitharan and Dharmasena for sixes,' I said. 'Big, huge sixes.' 'Let's pray it happens, brother,' said Shadab'," writes Afridi.
As things turned out, left-arm spinner Sanath Jayasuriya was pummeled in all places Gymkhana Ground in Nairobi. His three wickets cost him 94 runs in 10 overs while offie Muttiah Muralitharan went for two/73.
The innings was a larger sensation since the batter was mentioned to be handiest 16 years outdated. However, the cricketer also revealed in the candid autobiography that the yr of birth wasn't correct. "For the record, I was just nineteen, and not sixteen like they claim. I was born in 1975. So, yes, the authorities stated my age incorrectly," he says in the e-book.
According to some cricket web pages, Afridi was born on March 1, 1980. If the all-rounder was born on March 1, 1975 then actually, he was no longer 19 but 21 when he had performed that typhoon knock in opposition to the Lankans on October four, 1996.
Sachin had given his favourite bat to Waqar Younis to take to Sialkot, Pakistan's world-famous sports goods manufacturing capital, and get a custom-made one replicated there. "But guess what Waqar did before he took it to Sialkot? He gave it to me, before I went in to bat. So effectively, that first century in Nairobi by Shahid Afridi was made with Sachin Tendulkar's best bat. Go figure," writes Afridi, who was 21 - and no longer 16 as recorded then.
'Dreamed of hitting Sanath, Murali for 6s'
A stunning 102 off 40 balls, Afridi's knock was studded with 11 sixes and six boundaries and got here at a T20-type scoring price of 255. He was taking part in his 2d ODI game and batting for the first time.
Interestingly, Afridi had dreamed of smashing the Lankan spinners for sixes the night earlier than. The e-book, co-authored by Wajahat S Khan, says he had told his roommate Shadab Kabir about it in the morning. A middle-order batsman, Kabir performed 5 Tests and three ODIs for Pakistan. "'I had a dream that I was slamming Jayasuriya and Muralitharan and Dharmasena for sixes,' I said. 'Big, huge sixes.' 'Let's pray it happens, brother,' said Shadab'," writes Afridi.
As things turned out, left-arm spinner Sanath Jayasuriya was pummeled in all places Gymkhana Ground in Nairobi. His three wickets cost him 94 runs in 10 overs while offie Muttiah Muralitharan went for two/73.
The innings was a larger sensation since the batter was mentioned to be handiest 16 years outdated. However, the cricketer also revealed in the candid autobiography that the yr of birth wasn't correct. "For the record, I was just nineteen, and not sixteen like they claim. I was born in 1975. So, yes, the authorities stated my age incorrectly," he says in the e-book.
According to some cricket web pages, Afridi was born on March 1, 1980. If the all-rounder was born on March 1, 1975 then actually, he was no longer 19 but 21 when he had performed that typhoon knock in opposition to the Lankans on October four, 1996.
Shahid Afridi used Sachin Tendulkar's bat for 37-ball ton
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