In the rarest turn of events, the former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi announced that he is older than his actual registered age. As per his recorded date of birth of 1st March in 1980, Afridi is currently 39-year-old who made his International debut at the age of 16 only. However, the revelations from his book &#8216;Game Changer&#8217; suggest that he was actually born in 1975 and the officials were on the wrong side.

This would mean Afridi was actually a 21-year-old at the time of his <strong>Pakistan</strong> debut and retired shortly after turning 41. If the records are to be revised based on Afridi’s latest statement, the veteran player does not hold many records, one of them is being the youngest in the Men’s cricket. Here we look at some major records which would or could have not been on his name if he was born in 1975.

Youngest centurion ever and the youngest to score an ODI fifty

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-338376" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Shahid-Afridi-4.jpg" alt="Shahid Afridi" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-338376" class="wp-caption-text">Shahid Afridi. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption>

As per his registered age, Shahid Afridi’s 37-ball century against <strong>Sri Lanka</strong> in an ODI made him the youngest centurion in the history of ODI cricket and also in all Internationals. Afridi was 16 years and 217 days old in 1996 at the time of his knock. If his claims of being born in 1975 are true, he would have been 21 years and 217 days old.

This wouldn’t have got Afridi a place in top five youngest ODI centurions even in 1996. The same knock helped him to become the youngest player to score a half-century in the ODI format. However, Rohit Paudel of Nepal broke the record recently as he was 16y 146d old at the time of his maiden ODI fifty.

Youngest to 1000, 2000 and 3000 runs in the ODI format

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-338375" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Shahid-Afridi-3.jpg" alt="Shahid Afridi" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-338375" class="wp-caption-text">Shahid Afridi. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption>

Shahid Afridi completed 1000 runs in the ODI format in October 1997 at the age of 17 years and 215 days as per his recorded age. Thus, he became the youngest player to reach the milestone in this format. Afridi is also the youngest to 2000 and 3000 ODI runs as he completed those at the age of 19y 111d and 21y 241d respectively.

If Afridi was born in 1975, he would have been far away from these achievements. Though it didn&#8217;t take long for him to reach the four-figure mark in the fifty-over format and the batsman in him faded away with the time. No doubt he is one of the best when it comes to the all-rounders.

Youngest player of the match award recipient in ODIs

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-338374" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Shahid-Afridi-2.jpg" alt="Shahid Afridi" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-338374" class="wp-caption-text">Shahid Afridi. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption>

Afridi is the youngest player to receive the player of the match award in the ODIs as his 37-ball ton fetched him the first such award in this format at the age of 16 years and 217 days. A change in his age would see Afghanistan’s <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/kxip-spinner-mujeeb-ur-rahman-becomes-joint-2nd-most-expensive-bowler-in-ipl/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Mujeeb ur Rahman</strong></a> hold the record as the off-spinner was 16 years and 252 days old when he picked up a 4-wicket haul on ODI debut and won the POTM award.

Having said that, the ton was special for everyone in those days. With the emergence of T20 cricket, the feat is possible every now and then, but in the 1990s, a 37-ball ton was like a humongous achievement and no wonder that knock gave all the fame to the cricketer.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-338377" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Shahid-Afridi.jpg" alt="Shahid Afridi" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-338377" class="wp-caption-text">Shahid Afridi. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption>

The youngest player to bag a 5-wicket haul on Test debut is Bangladesh’s Nayeem Hasan who was 17 years and 355 days old. He rewrote the record held by <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/pat-cummins-pretty-close-to-being-the-best-bowler-in-the-world-feels-tim-paine/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Pat Cummins</strong></a> (18y 193d in 2011) during last year’s home series. Prior to Nayeem and Cummins, this record was on the name of Shahid Afridi considering his year of birth as 1980. Afridi was 18 years and 235 days old when he picked up a 5-fer on his Test debut.

After slamming the fastest ton in the ODIs, Afridi took the Test format by storm. He tumbled a few records and one of them was to become the youngest to pick a five-fer. His leg-spinners weren&#8217;t easy for the batsmen to figure out and at his age of 18, many had termed him one of the best in the business.

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<p>In the rarest turn of events, the former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi announced that he is older than his actual registered age. As per his recorded date of birth of 1st March in 1980, Afridi is currently 39-year-old who made his International debut at the age of 16 only. However, the revelations from his book ‘Game Changer’ suggest that he was actually born in 1975 and the officials were on the wrong side.</p>
<p>This would mean Afridi was actually a 21-year-old at the time of his <strong>Pakistan</strong> debut and retired shortly after turning 41. If the records are to be revised based on Afridi’s latest statement, the veteran player does not hold many records, one of them is being the youngest in the Men’s cricket. Here we look at some major records which would or could have not been on his name if he was born in 1975.</p>
<h3>Youngest centurion ever and the youngest to score an ODI fifty</h3>
<figure id="attachment_338376" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-338376" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-338376" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Shahid-Afridi-4.jpg" alt="Shahid Afridi" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-338376" class="wp-caption-text">Shahid Afridi. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>As per his registered age, Shahid Afridi’s 37-ball century against <strong>Sri Lanka</strong> in an ODI made him the youngest centurion in the history of ODI cricket and also in all Internationals. Afridi was 16 years and 217 days old in 1996 at the time of his knock. If his claims of being born in 1975 are true, he would have been 21 years and 217 days old.</p>
<p>This wouldn’t have got Afridi a place in top five youngest ODI centurions even in 1996. The same knock helped him to become the youngest player to score a half-century in the ODI format. However, Rohit Paudel of Nepal broke the record recently as he was 16y 146d old at the time of his maiden ODI fifty.</p>
<h3>Youngest to 1000, 2000 and 3000 runs in the ODI format</h3>
<figure id="attachment_338375" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-338375" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-338375" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Shahid-Afridi-3.jpg" alt="Shahid Afridi" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-338375" class="wp-caption-text">Shahid Afridi. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Shahid Afridi completed 1000 runs in the ODI format in October 1997 at the age of 17 years and 215 days as per his recorded age. Thus, he became the youngest player to reach the milestone in this format. Afridi is also the youngest to 2000 and 3000 ODI runs as he completed those at the age of 19y 111d and 21y 241d respectively.</p>
<p>If Afridi was born in 1975, he would have been far away from these achievements. Though it didn’t take long for him to reach the four-figure mark in the fifty-over format and the batsman in him faded away with the time. No doubt he is one of the best when it comes to the all-rounders.</p>
<h3>Youngest player of the match award recipient in ODIs</h3>
<figure id="attachment_338374" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-338374" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-338374" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Shahid-Afridi-2.jpg" alt="Shahid Afridi" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-338374" class="wp-caption-text">Shahid Afridi. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Afridi is the youngest player to receive the player of the match award in the ODIs as his 37-ball ton fetched him the first such award in this format at the age of 16 years and 217 days. A change in his age would see Afghanistan’s <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/kxip-spinner-mujeeb-ur-rahman-becomes-joint-2nd-most-expensive-bowler-in-ipl/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Mujeeb ur Rahman</strong></a> hold the record as the off-spinner was 16 years and 252 days old when he picked up a 4-wicket haul on ODI debut and won the POTM award.</p>
<p>Having said that, the ton was special for everyone in those days. With the emergence of T20 cricket, the feat is possible every now and then, but in the 1990s, a 37-ball ton was like a humongous achievement and no wonder that knock gave all the fame to the cricketer.</p>
<h3>Youngest to take a 5-fer on Test debut</h3>
<figure id="attachment_338377" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-338377" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-338377" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Shahid-Afridi.jpg" alt="Shahid Afridi" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-338377" class="wp-caption-text">Shahid Afridi. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>The youngest player to bag a 5-wicket haul on Test debut is Bangladesh’s Nayeem Hasan who was 17 years and 355 days old. He rewrote the record held by <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/pat-cummins-pretty-close-to-being-the-best-bowler-in-the-world-feels-tim-paine/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Pat Cummins</strong></a> (18y 193d in 2011) during last year’s home series. Prior to Nayeem and Cummins, this record was on the name of Shahid Afridi considering his year of birth as 1980. Afridi was 18 years and 235 days old when he picked up a 5-fer on his Test debut.</p>
<p>After slamming the fastest ton in the ODIs, Afridi took the Test format by storm. He tumbled a few records and one of them was to become the youngest to pick a five-fer. His leg-spinners weren’t easy for the batsmen to figure out and at his age of 18, many had termed him one of the best in the business.</p>
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<p>In the rarest turn of events, the former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi announced that he is older than his actual registered age. As per his recorded date of birth of 1st March in 1980, Afridi is currently 39-year-old who made his International debut at the age of 16 only. However, the revelations from his book &#8216;Game Changer&#8217; suggest that he was actually born in 1975 and the officials were on the wrong side.</p>
<p>This would mean Afridi was actually a 21-year-old at the time of his <strong>Pakistan</strong> debut and retired shortly after turning 41. If the records are to be revised based on Afridi’s latest statement, the veteran player does not hold many records, one of them is being the youngest in the Men’s cricket. Here we look at some major records which would or could have not been on his name if he was born in 1975.</p>
<h3>Youngest centurion ever and the youngest to score an ODI fifty</h3>
<figure id="attachment_338376" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-338376" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-338376" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Shahid-Afridi-4.jpg" alt="Shahid Afridi" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-338376" class="wp-caption-text">Shahid Afridi. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>As per his registered age, Shahid Afridi’s 37-ball century against <strong>Sri Lanka</strong> in an ODI made him the youngest centurion in the history of ODI cricket and also in all Internationals. Afridi was 16 years and 217 days old in 1996 at the time of his knock. If his claims of being born in 1975 are true, he would have been 21 years and 217 days old.</p>
<p>This wouldn’t have got Afridi a place in top five youngest ODI centurions even in 1996. The same knock helped him to become the youngest player to score a half-century in the ODI format. However, Rohit Paudel of Nepal broke the record recently as he was 16y 146d old at the time of his maiden ODI fifty.</p>
<h3>Youngest to 1000, 2000 and 3000 runs in the ODI format</h3>
<figure id="attachment_338375" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-338375" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-338375" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Shahid-Afridi-3.jpg" alt="Shahid Afridi" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-338375" class="wp-caption-text">Shahid Afridi. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Shahid Afridi completed 1000 runs in the ODI format in October 1997 at the age of 17 years and 215 days as per his recorded age. Thus, he became the youngest player to reach the milestone in this format. Afridi is also the youngest to 2000 and 3000 ODI runs as he completed those at the age of 19y 111d and 21y 241d respectively.</p>
<p>If Afridi was born in 1975, he would have been far away from these achievements. Though it didn&#8217;t take long for him to reach the four-figure mark in the fifty-over format and the batsman in him faded away with the time. No doubt he is one of the best when it comes to the all-rounders.</p>
<h3>Youngest player of the match award recipient in ODIs</h3>
<figure id="attachment_338374" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-338374" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-338374" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Shahid-Afridi-2.jpg" alt="Shahid Afridi" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-338374" class="wp-caption-text">Shahid Afridi. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Afridi is the youngest player to receive the player of the match award in the ODIs as his 37-ball ton fetched him the first such award in this format at the age of 16 years and 217 days. A change in his age would see Afghanistan’s <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/kxip-spinner-mujeeb-ur-rahman-becomes-joint-2nd-most-expensive-bowler-in-ipl/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Mujeeb ur Rahman</strong></a> hold the record as the off-spinner was 16 years and 252 days old when he picked up a 4-wicket haul on ODI debut and won the POTM award.</p>
<p>Having said that, the ton was special for everyone in those days. With the emergence of T20 cricket, the feat is possible every now and then, but in the 1990s, a 37-ball ton was like a humongous achievement and no wonder that knock gave all the fame to the cricketer.</p>
<h3>Youngest to take a 5-fer on Test debut</h3>
<figure id="attachment_338377" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-338377" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-338377" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Shahid-Afridi.jpg" alt="Shahid Afridi" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-338377" class="wp-caption-text">Shahid Afridi. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>The youngest player to bag a 5-wicket haul on Test debut is Bangladesh’s Nayeem Hasan who was 17 years and 355 days old. He rewrote the record held by <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/pat-cummins-pretty-close-to-being-the-best-bowler-in-the-world-feels-tim-paine/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Pat Cummins</strong></a> (18y 193d in 2011) during last year’s home series. Prior to Nayeem and Cummins, this record was on the name of Shahid Afridi considering his year of birth as 1980. Afridi was 18 years and 235 days old when he picked up a 5-fer on his Test debut.</p>
<p>After slamming the fastest ton in the ODIs, Afridi took the Test format by storm. He tumbled a few records and one of them was to become the youngest to pick a five-fer. His leg-spinners weren&#8217;t easy for the batsmen to figure out and at his age of 18, many had termed him one of the best in the business.</p>
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Afridi has made startling revelations in his book Game Changer.

List of records Shahid Afridi wouldn't own if he was playing with the correct age

In a rarest of events, the former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi announced that he is older than his actual registered age.