Tariq Afridi
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Fullname
Sahibzada Mohammad Tariq Khan Afridi
Born8 October 1973
Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan
Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
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| Full name | Sahibzada Mohammad Tariq Khan Afridi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 October 1973 Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Ashfaq Afridi (brother) Shahid Afridi (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990/91 | Karachi Whites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999/00 | Karachi Blues | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 July 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sahibzada Mohammad Tariq Khan Afridi (Urdu: طارق آفریدی; Pashto: طارق آفریدی; born 8 October 1973), known as Tariq Afridi, is a Pakistani cricketer.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3][4] His brother Shahid Afridi, is a former captain of the Pakistani cricket team.[5][6][7] His other brother, Ashfaq Afridi, also played domestic cricket.[8]