Shahid Afridi may not feature in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) at all owing to the ODI series against England that will be on at the same time as the BPL. However, the fact that he was costliest player during the auction for the tournament, having been brought by Dhaka Gladiators for a whopping $700000, only reiterated that he is still considered amongst the most dangerous players in the shorter format of the game. True, Afridi may not have done full justice to his potential over the years. Still, world cricket needs Afridi if for nothing else then for the X-factor that he has.

By: The Pinch Hitter

Ever since The Pinch Hitter was introduced to cricket at the age of nine, he fell in love with the gentleman’s game. While his desire to take up the sport professionally remained unfulfilled, he substituted the bat with the pen. And since 2003, he has been commenting on the sport for various magazines, websites, enjoying every moment of it. With ‘Over the top’ he hopes to continue enlightening and enlivening ‘cricket companions’ the write way.