Shahid Afridi's century came off the bat of Sachin Tendulkar. : Former Pakistan cricket team all-rounder Shahid Afridi scored a century in 37 balls against Sri Lanka in 1996. This was the record for the fastest century in ODI cricket at that time, which stood for 18 years. Afridi hit 11 sixes and 6 fours in this innings. But the special thing is that the bat with which Shahid scored the fastest century belonged to former Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar, who is called the God of Cricket. The bat that scored the fastest century in ODI cricket. He is now 'injured' in Pakistan. Shahid Afridi says that this bat was given to him by Waqar Younis.
Waqar Younis gave the bat to Afridi
In a TV show, an anchor asked Shahid Afridi, “The century you scored in 37 balls was made with the bat of Sachin Tendulkar.” On the anchor's question, Afridi replied, “Yes, of course.” On this the anchor again asked, “Did you not use that bat again? After this Afridi says, “No, he is still kept because he is badly injured. Now are his days of rest. He played (batting) a lot. That bat was also given to me by Vicky Bhai (Waqar Younis) a day before the match. Before the warm-up, Waqar said to me, 'Pathan! Take it and play with this bat today.
Afridi could not digest Sachin's praise
During the conversation, the anchor thanked Sachin Tendulkar and said, “First of all we thank Sachin Tendulkar for giving us that bat. You keep giving bats to our children in future also…” Afridi could not digest Sachin's praise and he interrupted the anchor and said, “Yes, I have come to know that when Sachin used to play with that bat, he was also out on zero. They went. The anchor and the audience laughed at this statement of Afridi.
Sachin and Waqar started their cricket career on the same day
Let us tell you that Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Younis started their Test career with the same match on the same day. Waqar was the first bowler to dismiss Sachin in international cricket. Sachin Tendulkar gifted his bat to Waqar Younis in the spirit of sportsmanship and brotherhood. Afridi probably did not understand this honour. That's why he says that the bat is injured, the bat which gave him the identity of a batsman, he wants to remember the bat named after Sachin, in which Afridi was out on zero.