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How old is Shahid Afridi? Pakistan superstar finally reveals his real age

Shahid Afridi has finally ended the mystery around his age.

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How old is Shahid Afridi? This question is as old in the realms of cricket as the subject in the middle of his query. It seems the answer is finally here- it is as shocking, revealing and confusing as we suspected.

Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has finally ended the mystery around his age, revealing that he was born in 1975 and not 1980 as the official records state.

The revelations in his autobiography means that Afridi was not 16 when he smashed a record-breaking 37-ball hundred against Sri Lanka in Nairobi in 1996.

"I was just nineteen, and not sixteen like they claim. I was born in 1975. So yes, the authorities stated my age incorrectly," Afridi has written in book titled 'Game Changer'.

Afridi's claim that was he was 19 at that time is confusing as he would be 21 if he was born in 1975 like he has written. He played 27 Tests, 398 ODIs and 99 T20 Internationals.

Afridi holds the official record for the youngest ODI centurion. It is not clear that this revelation will lead to obfuscating Afridi's name from the record.

Afghanistan's Usman Ghani, who scored an ODI century at the age of 17, against Zimbabwe in 2014, would be in line to become the holder of Afridi's most famous record.

Afridi slams Waqar Younis, Javed Miandad 

Shahid Afridi tweeted on Thursday: "Alhamdulillah, Game Changer is already making waves. But dont go for the media hype...If I've been tough on someone, I've given them credit where its due!"

Afridi, who definitively retired from international cricket after the 2016 World T20, also slammed former coaches Waqar Younis and Javed Miandad in his book.

Younis was the team's coach in the 2016 World T20 held in India.

"Unfortunately, he hadn't let go of the past. Waqar and I had a history, dating all the way back to his tiff with Wasim over the captaincy crown. He was a mediocre captain but a terrible coach, always micro-managing and getting in the way, trying to tell the captain me what to do It was a natural clash and it was bound to happen," he wrote.

He accused Javed Miandad of not allowing him to net practice before his debut in Test cricket.

"Miandad had developed a strong opinion against me & the day before I went to bat, he didn’t even give me any net practice. I had to practice alone & that was the cloud of angst and embarrassment under which I was playing my first Test against India," Afridi said.

(With PTI Inputs)

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