Why Shahid Afridi’s nephew plays for Uganda and not Pakistan

Irfan Afridi, as the name suggest is the nephew of one of Pakistan’s and world cricket’s biggest entertainers Shahid Afridi.

Irfan, now 33-year-old is making name for himself in Ugandan cricket, thanks to his right hand batting and offbreak and leg break googlies. However, this would not have been possible if he was not sent by his uncle Mushtaq to the African country for business, revealed Irfan.

"My uncle wanted to start a business in Uganda so that's why he told me to go to Uganda," revealed Afridi, quoted ESPNcricinfo.

"My uncle sent me here for business. We started a business for import and exporting cars. So from there I started my cricket. I never played hard ball in my life before. I started in Uganda."

Afridi soon became friend with former Ugandan pace bowler Asadu Seiga, who invited him to come play a leather-ball match for the first time for Seiga's club Tornado CC.

"I played one game for his club. From there I started my career," Afridi says. "When I played the first game, from there they saw me. My friend Asadu told me, 'You can play hard ball. So why are you not trying?' So from there I started to play. Then I tried to come into the national team.

"He was the one who brought me in. Every time he was telling me, 'Afridi do that. Push yourself, work hard. You will get a chance. I want to see you in a yellow national-team jersey for Uganda.' So he helped me a lot," added Afridi.