Watch: 'Boom Boom' Shahid Afridi's painful smack to Shoaib Malik isn't the cricketing shot you would expect

Pakistan's former skipper Shahid Afridi is gearing up for one more comeback, this time with Pakistan Super League. The T-20 format will see Afridi knocking balls out of the park and the swashbuckling cricketer thinks it begins with Shoaib Malik.

PSL 2018 is set to begin on February 22 in the UAE.

The final match will be played on March 25.

A month-long affair will see six teams battle for the title – Peshawar Zalmi, Lahore Qalandars, Quetta Gladiators, Islamabad United, Karachi Kings, and Multan Sultans.

The trophy for this edition was unveiled in Dubai on Tuesday. Team captains Darren Sammy, Shoaib Malik, Imad Wasim, Brendon McCullum, Misbah-ul-Haq and Sarfraz Ahmed joined PCB chief Najam Sethi for the press conference for the same.

While Shahid Afridi is not a captain of any team, he will play for the Karachi Kings. Afridi joined the fellow players on the stage.

But not before middling some balls.

A what should be a locker room-kind of fun moment between Afridi and Multan Sultans' skipper Shoaib Malik was caught on the camera and it is racing to be the viral video of the day.

WTF LALA pic.twitter.com/aijWoUh7VR

— Thakur (@HassamSajjad95) February 20, 2018

Within minutes cricket fans across the globe found themselves laughing and trolling Afridi on social media.

Afridi caught ball tampering again! https://t.co/oe8leTRu3K

— Aakash Bang (@ABCricket19) February 20, 2018

Ball-tampering by @SAfridiOfficial https://t.co/6BgCUVr23z

— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) February 20, 2018

Wish Shahid Bhai could middle the ball in the field too. https://t.co/bTHvt1tMKh

— - (@omairraslam) February 20, 2018

Lala ringing Malik’s bells https://t.co/CLq74Vq8N3

— Saarim Abidi (@SaarimMehdi) February 20, 2018

Shahid Afridi going leg side. Again. #PSL2018 pic.twitter.com/uwuepsD4n2

— Nikhil (@CricCrazyNIKS) February 20, 2018

Thank God this time he is using hand instead of his teeth...

— The-Lying-Lama (@KyaUkhaadLega) February 20, 2018

Moments later pic.twitter.com/De39oYyd0e

— Corporate Dalit (@CorporateDalit) February 20, 2018

It's ball pampering !!

— amin hasnani (@aminhasnani) February 20, 2018

Afridi will be seen in action for team Karachi Kings in the upcoming Pakistan Super League (PSL)