We have won the T20 World Cup and one of my favourite players Boom Boom Afridi had a big hand in this win. He has shown the world that he is still one of the best!

Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi was born in 1980 and is 29 years old. Boom Boom Afridi, as he is popularly known, is one of Pakistan's greatest cricket players. He is originally from Peshawar but lives in Karachi with his whole family. He is married and has a son and two daughters. He also has a brother who, I think, is very identical to him looks wise.

Shahid Afridi is a very aggressive all rounder. He started playing international cricket in 1996 when he was only 16. He is one of the oldest players in the present cricket team. He made his ODI debut on October 2, 1996 against Kenya at Nairobi and his Test debut on October 22, 1998 against Australia at Karachi. He has scored over 4,500 ODI runs at a strike rate of more than 107 runs per 100 balls, and has taken over 160 ODI wickets. He holds the record for scoring the fastest century (which he scored off 37 balls) in One Day Internationals. For this feat, he earned the name BOOM BOOM AFRIDI. He also shares the record for the second fastest century (45 balls) in One Day Internationals with Brian Lara. He is one of the biggest hitters of the ball, and has a higher strike rate than any batsman in the world.

To our great joy Pakistan has won the T20. All the players worked extremely hard to this end, especially Shahid Afridi (and Mohammed Aamir), the man of the match against South Africa and Sri Lanka. In the final, it was all up to him to make us win. He did a good job, but he wasn't under pressure, which was really, a good thing. Boom Boom Afridi, in his interviews after the final, said that the whole team played very well. He also expressed his desire to win the World Cup every year! Amen to that!! He said that he was very happy that Pakistan had won the World Cup, because the people of Pakistan were depressed and the victory boosted their morale. Afridi said that he had listened to the advice of all his fans and family about not being aggressive all the time. The Pakistan team dedicated the World Cup to Bob Woolmer, their ex-coach who died during the 2007 World Cup in Jamaica.

I had the opportunity to see Afridi in action in Dubai when Pakistan played their away from home series against Australia. He was very friendly and was signing autographs for fans.