Stats: Shahid Afridi's fastest 50s in ODIs

Shahid Afridi during the match

Shahid Afridi scored a half-century from just 18 balls against Bangladesh in the on-going Asia Cup must win match. Although he did not break or equal the record for the fastest 50 ever scored, a record held by Sanath Jayasuriya for his half-century of 17 balls, but Afridi did manage to score a half-century in ODIs of 18 balls for the 3rd time in his career, no mean feat in itself.

Let’s take a look at the 5 fastest half-centuries scored by Shahid Afridi and the no. of times he has repeated them, as the Pakistani evergreen batsman has scored a half-century in less than 23 balls on 8 separate occasions.

Stats updated till 4th March 2014