Sahibzada Mohammad Tariq Khan Afridi (; ps, طارق آفریدی; born 8 October 1973), known as Tariq Afridi, is a Pakistani

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Early life

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

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. His other grandfather, Sahibzada Abdul Baqi, was given the title ''

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-e-Kashmir'' (conqueror of Kashmir) for his efforts during the

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. His brother

Shahid Afridi Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi ( ur, شاہد افریدی‎, ps, شاهد افریدی; born 1 March 1977), known as Shahid Afridi, is a Pakistani former cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. He is current ...

, is a former

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of the

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. His other brother,

Ashfaq Afridi Sahibzada Mohammad Ashfaq Khan Afridi (Urdu: ) (born 25 October 1987 in Karachi, Sindh), known as Ashfaq Afridi, is a Pakistani cricketer. Early life Afridi belongs to a family of Sufi pirs (teachers or spiritual masters) and his grandfather ...

, also played domestic cricket.

Domestic career

List A career

Afridi made his

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debut for

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against

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during the 1990-91 Wills Gold Flake League on 28 December 1990. Afridi got figures of 0/13 (3 overs) and didn't bat as Karachi won by 6 wickets. Afridi played his second and final List A match against

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on 11 January 1991. Afridi scored 0 * (1) and got figures of 0/40 (4 overs). Rawalpindi won the match by 4 wickets.

First-class career

Afridi made his first-class debut for

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against

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during the 1999/00 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy on 6 November 1999. In the first innings, he scored 3 (17) and didn't bowl. The second innings did not take place. The match ended with a draw. In Afridi's second and last first-class match, he played against

Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...

on 20 November 1999. In the first innings, Tariq got figures of 2/37 (12 overs) and scored 26 (83). In the second innings, Tariq scored 1 (22) and got figures of 0/9 (2 overs). Peshawar went on to win the match by 4 wickets.

References

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