Shahid Afridi announces re-re-re-re retirement!

Islamabad: 'The retirement is temporary, announcement is permanent' for the 'ever-young' Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi, who declared to hang his boots from International Cricket for the fourth time in his career that has already spanned 21 years.

The Pakistani cricketer has again become a butt of joke because of his habit of announcing retirement and coming back again and again.

The 36-year-young star Pakistan cricketer was still playing Twenty20 Internationals for his country after retiring from Test Cricket in 2010 and One Day Internationals in 2015.

The flamboyant batsman, however, has yet not retired from domestic Cricket and has promised his fans to continue there for at least two more years.

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Afridi shot to fame in his very second match in 1996 by smashing the fastest century off just 37 balls against Sri Lanka, a record which remained unbeaten for 17 long years.

In the second-half of his career, he transformed himself into a bowling all-rounder after a long run without much success with the bat.

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He captained Pakistan T20I side in the 2016 T20I World Cup in India but resigned from the post after his team's disappointing performance in the tournament.

In Next Slides: Shahid Afridi career stats

Tests

Matches Played – 27

Runs Scored – 1,176

Highest Score – 156

Wickets Taken – 48

ODIs

Matches played – 398

Runs Scored – 8,064

Highest Score – 124

Wickets Taken – 395

T20Is

Matches Played – 98

Runs Scored - 1,405

Highest Score – 54*

Wickets Taken – 97

The Pak cricketer, who is fondly known as 'Boom Boom Afridi' by his fans, is being trolled by the Cricket lovers across the globe over social platforms as many of them are still wondering how long this retirement would last.

Check some interesting and funny tweets about Shahid Afridi in next slides:

https://twitter.com/iimcomic/status/833617120596332546

https://twitter.com/WoCharLog/status/833543693516865537

https://twitter.com/BrokenCricket/status/833518428975534082

https://twitter.com/SirJadeja/status/833566802902994944

https://twitter.com/chaipilado/status/833575883076227072

https://twitter.com/aamir_malik17/status/833622963140202496

https://twitter.com/SirArora/status/833579109817028608

https://twitter.com/ikpsgill1/status/833573109680648192

https://twitter.com/SirJadeja/status/833539317259784199

https://twitter.com/ptanaeyaar/status/830006056294170625

https://twitter.com/2111Prashant/status/833624500331745280

https://twitter.com/kashinathseo/status/833630219105927168