Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi celebrated his '44th' birthday on Monday, March 1. He thanked his fans on Twitter for the messages just 33 minutes after the day started.
The bowling all-rounder had mentioned in his autobiography that he was born in 1975. According to that, he should have turned 46 in 2021. On most of the reliable websites with profiles of cricketers, his age is 41. With the latest tweet, people now have another number to worry about - 44.
Shahid Afridi tweeted, "Thank you very much for all the lovely birthday wishes - 44 today! My family and my fans are my biggest assets. Really enjoying my stint with Multan and hope to produce match winning performances for all MS fans."
Thank you very much for all the lovely birthday wishes - 44 today! My family and my fans are my biggest assets. Really enjoying my stint with Multan and hope to produce match winning performances for all MS fans.
— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) February 28, 2021
And soon, he received plenty of replies with people still trying to solve the mystery of his age.
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Here are a few replies:
The Man ! The Myth ! The Legend ! .... a 16yr old Afridi scoring the fastest centuryyyyy......... today turns 44, according to his book he is 46 and Wikipedia says 41 , happy birthday lala
— Giri Babu Madhavan (@Girisgb) March 1, 2021
Happy 18th birthday! There seems to be a typo in your tweet - It should be '23 today!' as you were 41 yesterday.
— Cricketkeeda (@Cricketkeeda10) March 1, 2021
Anyways, happy 49th birthday!#SilverJubilee #Sweet16
Happy third 44th birthday! ????@ESPNcricinfo @TheRealPCBMedia @FoxCricket @Cricketracker @cricbuzz @MultanSultans #DuckDynasty #Duckridy #FatherDucker @DennisCricket_ https://t.co/klZ4gd0blv
— Junaed Kabir (@xunaed) March 1, 2021
World’s biggest mystery. Lala comes up with a new number every 2 years or so ???? https://t.co/PPMQCvGzbR
— Ashfaq Shah (@shahashfaq) February 28, 2021
Which age is real? 16,42,44,46,55,62? https://t.co/fJF5Uc7GIW
— Akshay (@Luttu_27) March 1, 2021