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Tempo legend Waqar Younis has heaped reward on veterean all-rounder Shahid Afridi’s bodily energy all through his early cricketing days and has defined that his handshakes was very arduous each time he exchanged pleasantaries. 

Except for mentioning his personal instance of being on the receiving finish, Younis additionally mentioned an unnamed Indian minister who was once on the receiving finish of Afridi’s handshake all through Pakistan’s talk over with to India supposedly within the mid 90s. 

Shahid Afridi was once handiest 15 or 16 and was once very sturdy at that age: Waqar Younis

“When Shahid Afridi first arrived. He was once handiest 15 or 16 and really sturdy at that age. The primary time I shook arms with him, I virtually ended up sweating, he squeezed it so arduous. That is almost certainly one of the most the reason why he may hit the ones large sixes”, stated Waqar whilst talking on A Sports activities.

“I nonetheless keep in mind… We had been on an India excursion. I do know the title of the Indian minister however I would possibly not take his title. He got here to look us and welcomed us. We had been all sitting in combination. He got here and we stood up. He met everybody, and greeted us. Afridi was once a junior, he was once status within the again. All of us shook arms gently as he was once an aged minister. When Afridi’s flip got here, he shook the arms so arduous,” he added.

Shahid Afridi represented Pakistan for 20 lengthy years between 1996 to 2016 and all through the ones twenty years he has made such a lot of particular person information together with his all-round excellence at the box. He led Pakistan to the semifinals of the 2011 Global Cup and completed because the joint-highest wicket-taker of that match at the side of Zaheer Khan.

The previous skipper was once adjudged the Participant of the Match within the 2007 T20 Global Cup and bagged the Guy of the Fit awards within the semis and the general of the T20 Global Cup 2009 the place the Males in Inexperienced went directly to win the contest for the first actual time beating Sri Lanka within the summit conflict at Lord’s.