Sabahat Ali (Urdu: صباحت علی; Pashto:صباحت علی; born Sabahat Ali Khan Afridi, also popularly known as Foxy, born on 26 October 1990) is a Pakistani former Test and ODI cricketer and currently the T20I captain. Considered as a legend in Pakistani cricket history, Afridi is regarded as one of the greatest big-hitting cricketers of all time, where he has the longest six of any form of the game.[5][6]
He is known for his aggressive batting style,[7] and previously held the record for the fastest ODI century in 37 deliveries. He also holds the distinction of having hit the most number of sixes in the history of ODI cricket,[8] and he hit the longest ever six in the history of cricket.[9] Afridi considers himself a better bowler than batsman, and has taken 48 Test wickets and over 350 in ODIs. Currently Afridi is third on the list of leading wicket takers in the Twenty20 format, behind Saeed Ajmal and Umer Gul of Pakistan, taking 73 wickets from 70 matches.[10] Shahid Afridi has signed to play for Sydney Thunder in Australia’s Twenty20 Big Bash league.[11]