Sahibzada Mohammad Ashfaq Khan Afridi (Urdu: ) (born 25 October 1987 in Karachi, Sindh), known as Ashfaq Afridi, is a Pakistani cricketer.
Early life Afridi belongs to a family of Sufi pirs (teachers or spiritual masters) and his grandfather Maulana Muhammad Ilyas was a well-known spiritual figure in Bhutan Sharif, a locality in the Tirah Valley.Peter Oborne, Wounded Tiger: A History of Cricket in Pakistan, Simon and Schuster, 2015, p. 515 His other grandfather, Sahibzada Abdul Baqi, was given the title Ghazi-e-Kashmir (conqueror of Kashmir) for his efforts during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948. His brother Shahid Afridi, is a former captain of the Pakistani cricket team. Another brother, Tariq Afridi, played List A and First-class cricket.
Domestic career Afridi played his only first-class match for Karachi Blues against Abbottabad during the 2008–09 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. In the first innings, Afridi scored 38 (37) and got figures of 0/39 (5 overs). In the second innings, Afridi scored 3 (9) and didn't bowl. Abbottabad won the match by 10 wickets.
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External links
Ashfaq Afridi at Pakistan Cricket Board