WI vs PAK, 1st ODI: Shaheen Afridi wreaked havoc, created history by breaking world record, world cricket shocked
- bySudha Saxena
- 09 Aug, 2025
Shaheen Afridi World record: Pakistan's Shaheen Afridi has created history in ODIs. Shaheen has broken a world record which has left world cricket in awe.
Shaheen Afridi World record in ODI: Shaheen Afridi created history in the first ODI match against West Indies (West Indies vs Pakistan, 1st ODI). Afridi took 4 wickets in his name. In the process of taking 4 wickets, Afridi (Shaheen Afridi) broke Rashid Khan's world record in ODI. Let us tell you that Shaheen Afridi has now become the highest wicket-taker in ODIs after 65 matches. By doing this, he broke Rashid Khan's world record. Rashid had taken 128 wickets after 65 ODI matches. At the same time, now Shaheen Afridi has a total of 131 wickets in his name after 65 ODI matches.
Most wickets after first 65 ODI matches
131 - Shaheen Shah Afridi*
128 - Rashid Khan
126 - Mitchell Starc
122 - Saqlain Mushtaq
122 - Shane Bond
Apart from this, Shaheen has also completed 350 wickets in international cricket (Most Wickets in International Cricket across all formats). Shaheen is the 11th bowler from Pakistan to do so. Let us tell you that Wasim Akram holds the record for taking the most wickets in international cricket for Pakistan. Wasim has taken a total of 916 wickets in international cricket. (Most wickets for Pakistan in Tests+ODIs+T20Is)
Talking about the match, West Indies batted first and scored 280 runs in 49 overs. Evin Lewis scored the most runs for West Indies. Evin Lewis played an innings of 60 runs. Apart from this, Shai Hope scored 55 and Roston Chase scored 53 runs. For Pakistan, Shaheen took 4 wickets for 51 runs in 8 overs, while Naseem Shah took three wickets.
Pakistan's team was successful in winning this match by 5 wickets. Pakistan's captain Mohammad Rizwan scored 53 runs and Hasan Nawaz scored 63 runs in 54 balls and gave the team a victory by 5 wickets. Pakistan's Babar Azam scored 47 runs in 64 balls in the match, which included one six and 5 fours. Nawaz was awarded the Player of the Match title for his stormy innings.






